Mawhinney

English

Etymology

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Choinnich and Irish Mac Choinnigh (“son of Coinneach”).

Proper noun

Mawhinney (plural Mawhinneys)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Mawhinney is the 23386^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1088 individuals. Mawhinney is most common among White (92.92%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Mawhinney”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 539.