Last Name INNES

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Meaning Local: Of Innes, an estate in the parish of Urquhart, county Moray. The firstpossessor who assumed the name was Walter de Innes, who died in the reign of King Alexander II. Innes seems to be an abbereviation.
Local: from the lands of Innes in Elginshire. The family are descended from Berowaldus Flandrensis who obtained a grant of the lands of Innes in 1153.
The same as 'Ennis.' This family is of great antiquity in Scotland, and derives its surname from the lands of 'Innis,' a word supposed to be derived from the Gaelic 'Inch,' an island, part of that barony being an island, formed by the two branches of a stream running through the estate.
Origin English, Scottish, Polish, Irish, Falkland, Belgian, Hungarian

Rank 10,714 (2000 US census) 10,893 (1990 US census)
Count 2,735 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 93.31%, or 2552 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 1.97%, or 54 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.99%, or 27 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.59%, or 16 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.17%, or 32 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.97%, or 54 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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