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mckinley Name Meaning and History

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

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Distribution of mckinley Families in the US in 1920
Number of mckinley families
 157-311
 53-156
 1-52
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