The mckinley Surname

mckinley Name Meaning and History

Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Fionnlaigh, a patronymic from the early personal name Fionnlaoch (see Finley).

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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mckinley Family Facts

Distribution of mckinley Families in the US in 1920

Number of mckinley families

157-311

53-156

1-52

Compiled by Ancestry.com.au from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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William P. and James A. McKinley	tisamck	8
John McKinley/Martha(Mattie) Wiles m. 1829 Brown County Ohio	lynralph601	0
Looking for the parents of Ruth McKinley of Arizonia	heritagest2001	0
William McKinley from Antrim, Ireland.	thomasschoonover	3
Allie McKinley	virginiaabbott64	0
Rosa McKinley White	mgoodwin3335	0
The McKinley Chronicles	PLMcKinley7	0
James E. McKinley, age, 70, son of, Alvin E. and Dorothy M. Beech McKinley.	KENNELLYMARKA	0
McKinleys from New Jersey	storyseeker	0
McKinley-CA/OK	jgmckinley	2

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