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SURNAME DISTRIBUTION ESTIMATE

U.S. population data (except for Kenny) - would like to add data for other countries.

ALPHABETICAL  

SURNAME

Estimate
% Frequency
U.S. 1990

Rank - Link to
CHART BY RANK

Estimate Population U.S. 2000 (1)

Other
locales
*

CANNEY

< 0.001

  22,401

 

 

CANNY

< 0.001

44,332

 

 

KEANEY

0.001

15,465

< 2,800

 

KEENEY

0.003

3,767

8,400

 

KENNA

0.001

15,462

< 2,800

 

KENNEY

0.009

1,348

 25,300

 

KENNY

0.007

1,799

19,700

See below

KINNE

0.001

12,591

< 2,800

 

KINNEY

0.013

921

 36,500

 

KINNIE

< 0.001

 71,379

 

 

MacK-----   (2)

 

-

 

 

McKENNA

  0.008

1,603

22,500

 

McKENNEY

0.003

4,245

< 8,400

 

McKENNY

0.001

14,825

< 2,800

 

McKINNEY

0.038

285

 106,900

 

McKINNIE

0.001

9,934 

2,800

 

(1) The Census Bureau has not yet reported an analysis of surname frequencies for the 2000 census. The 2000 population estimates above are calculated from 1990 % frequencies using 2000 U.S. population (281,421,906). The 1990 data based on sampling (not exact count). Population estimate for the highest ranked .001% and .003% based on calculation; all others listed as < based on their rank. Insufficient data to provide a reasonable estimate for the < 0.001% names. Calculation example using Kinney:   .00013 x 281,421,906 = 36,584.8478; rounded off to 36,600.

U.S. telephone listings (search on Ancestry.com) for names not on the 1990 source list: MacKinney 123, MacKenna 85, MacKeeney 24; other names 1 or zero.

(2) Apparently the sampling was too small to include McKeeney, McKinne, all MacK---, and any O'K-- variations.

Sources:

2000 data link at http://www.census.gov/
1990 data at http://www.census.gov/genealogy/names/
and http://www.census.gov/genealogy/names/dist.all.last (this is a very large file)

A shorter version is at: http://names.mongabay.com/most_common_surnames.htm

*Unless noted otherwise, information provided by participant; no sources cited.

Note:
http://www.onelook.com has feature that gives the surname frequency when you type in the surname.

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Kenny surname only:
The below information was provided by William L. Kenny from "Kenny families around the world" printed in 1988 by Halbert’s inc. He found this a disappointing purchase since little information was actually given (the publication is chiefly a catalogue of names and addresses, which have been taken from phone books).
Country Estimated Population (1988)
Gt. Britain 15,442
Northern Ireland 803
Canada 5,677
United States 17,261
Australia 6,956

 

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