Last Name KINNEY

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Meaning	Gaelic, 'Cine,' kindred, a clan, a tribe. 'Keny' and 'Cany,' seeing, knowing; Welsh, 'cenio,' to see.

Origin	Gaelic

Rank	1,032 (2000 US census)	921 (1990 US census)

Count	30,956 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

87.58%, or 27111 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
7.37%, or 2281 total occurrences, as black,
0.69%, or 214 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
1.27%, or 393 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.6%, or 495 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.49%, or 461 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

As with many things that are 'Russian,' neither child nor his parents has much choice in picking the name. It is purely patronymic and generally predefined at the time when the child is born or even rather conceived. The name is derived from the child's father's first...

Ukrainian middle names

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American Surnames

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