The KINSLEY surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	2,796	10527	0.001	10
United States (1880 census)	1,576	3670	0.003	32
Change since 1880	+1220	-6857	-0.002	-22
Other Countries
Australia	43	29056	0	3
United Kingdom	492	8965	0.001	11

Top States for KINSLEY by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
New York	262	7421	0.001	14
Florida	203	9239	0.001	13
Pennsylvania	189	8005	0.002	15
California	186	13436	0.001	5
Ohio	173	7801	0.002	15
Top States for KINSLEY by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
South Dakota	65	1663	0.009	86
Vermont	35	2899	0.006	57
West Virginia	73	2937	0.004	40
Wyoming	15	4674	0.003	30
Nevada	43	5446	0.002	22

Notes

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called KINSLEY live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called KINSLEY represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called KINSLEY in New York than any other state, but you are more likely to find a KINSLEY by picking someone at random in South Dakota than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of KINSLEY

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Location or Geographical Feature

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the KINSLEY surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the KINSLEY surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of KINSLEY in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
Black/African American	50	1.79
White (Hispanic)	49	1.75
Mixed Race	31	1.11
Asian/Pacific	23	0.82
Native American/Alaskan	17	0.61
White (Caucasian)	2,626	93.92

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the KINSLEY surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of KINSLEY in historical publications

(origin: Gaelic.) From Ceannsallach, authoritative, commanding, ruling. Walker, in his Historical Memoirs of the Irish Bards, relates the following story: Eochaidh, the then monarch, was defeated by Ena, King of Leinster, at the battle of Cruachan. In this engagement Ena killed Cetmathch, laureate bard to the monarch, although he fled for refuge under the shields of the Leinster troops. For this base deed the ruthless king was stigmatized with the epithet Kinsealach, that is, the foul and reproachful head, which name descended to his posterity.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.

KINSLEY. Probably a contraction of

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

Similar names to KINSLEY

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as KINSLEY.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.