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The MCKENNA surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 26,189 1226 0.01 97
United States (1880 census) 70 40143 0 1
Change since 1880 +26119 +38917 +N/A +96
Other Countries
Australia 2,969 520 0.018 182
United Kingdom 13,833 424 0.03 301
Top States for MCKENNA by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
New York 3,074 484 0.016 162
Massachusetts 2,308 289 0.036 364
California 2,073 1500 0.006 61
Pennsylvania 1,936 608 0.016 158
New Jersey 1,837 370 0.022 218
Top States for MCKENNA by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Rhode Island 542 144 0.052 517
Massachusetts 2,308 289 0.036 364
New Hampshire 383 431 0.031 310
Maine 383 621 0.030 300
Connecticut 774 414 0.023 227

Notes

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

Classification and Origin of MCKENNA

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: Ireland

Language of origin: Gaelic

Ethnic origin: Celtic

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: From name of parent

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the MCKENNA 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 MCKENNA 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 MCKENNA in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Hispanic) 563 2.15
Mixed Race 225 0.86
Black/African American 199 0.76
Asian/Pacific 113 0.43
Native American/Alaskan 71 0.27
White (Caucasian) 25,018 95.53

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

Meaning of MCKENNA in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of MCKENNA.

Similar names to MCKENNA

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as MCKENNA.

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.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for MCKENNA

The following words are slight variants of MCKENNA that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.