Kinnear

Scottish habitational surname from Kinneir, in Fife, apparently from Scottish Gaelic ceann (“headland”) + iar (“west”).

Kinnear (countable and uncountable, plural Kinnears)

1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
2. An unincorporated community in Fremont County, Wyoming, United States.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Kinnear is the 14834^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1998 individuals. Kinnear is most common among White (85.84%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kinnear”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 308.

• Karenni, Kiernan, Rankine