McKinley Family

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About the McKinley surname

The surname McKinley is associated with a patronymic formation. The Mac-/Mc- formation is traditionally patronymic and means “son of” in Gaelic languages. A patronymic formation of this kind shows how an older personal name could develop into a family name. The prefix in McKinley belongs to a family of Gaelic forms traditionally used in patronymic surnames and is generally associated with descent.

Pronunciation: Èm-sé-kin-lè/ɛmsekɛ̃lɛ/

Most frequent given names among the McKinley family

Men

  1. 1John102
  2. 2James79
  3. 3William50
  4. 4Arthur40
  5. 5Thomas16

Women

  1. 1Sarah73
  2. 2Mary70
  3. 3Ann29
  4. 4Catherine27
  5. 5Jane23
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The McKinley name in our genealogy archives

2,049occurrences in our collections
8collections containing this name
8 251881 → 1901people enumerated
1782First mention of the name
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