The McInnis surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,933 people carried this name — #4,475 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 37,200 people counted. That is up 7% from 7,391 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the McInnis surname

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic MacAonghais.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «McInnis» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

McInnis in American newspapers,
1907–1925.

Newspaper page from El Dorado Daily News carrying the name McInnis
El Dorado Daily News 1925-10-14
Newspaper page from El Dorado Daily News carrying the name McInnis
El Dorado Daily News 1925-10-13
Newspaper page from The Ely Miner carrying the name McInnis
The Ely Miner 1907-02-08

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,687 pages in all carry the name.

In print

McInnis in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1970s.

931 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss McInnis. The most, 211, date from the 1940s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Tasmania, at 1.9 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 243
South Australia 195
Victoria 177
Queensland 124
Tasmania 113
Western Australia 65
ACT (Canberra) 8
Northern Territory 4

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss McInnis.

Who carried it

People named McInnis,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Stuffy McInnis
    Stuffy McInnis 1890–1960 · baseball player
  • Stanley McInnis
    Stanley McInnis 1865–1907 · politician
  • John McInnis 1879–1972 · politician
  • Edgar McInnis 1899–1973 · historian
  • Barbara McInnis 1935–2003 · anthropologist

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0.

In the public record

People named McInnis,
in the records of 4 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States712 records

712 records of the McInnis name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 269
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 216
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 109
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 57
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 35
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 10
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 8
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 4
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Theodore Valenti McInnis

    Born 1949; from Oakland, California. U.S. Army, tactical wire operations specialist; died of wounds 1968 in Thua Thien, South Vietnam. Buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Marguerite J. McInnis

    Born 1921 in Massachusetts. Enlisted 1943 in the Women's Army Corps at Boston; inspector. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at Catholic Cemetery Office, Malden, Massachusetts.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Jane McInnis

    Arrived at New York in 1880 aboard the Baltic from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 23; servant. From England.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 712 records for McInnis in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada2,616 records

2,616 records of the McInnis name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 2,500
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 39
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 33
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 24
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 10
  • Halifax municipal cemeteries 5
  • City of Niagara Falls (Ontario) cemetery records 3
  • Ontario immigration records, 1865–1883 1
  • City of Waterloo (Ontario) cemetery records 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Hugh McInnis

    Killed in 1944 at the Dominion No. 18 mine, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Malcolm McInnis

    Buried in 1989 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 65.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Joseph McInnis

    Died in service in 1918.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 2,616 records for McInnis in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. · City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. · Contains information provided by the City of Waterloo under licence. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Australia242 records

242 records of the McInnis name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 150
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 53
  • Tasmanian Names Index 30
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 7
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 2
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record George McInnis

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Lady Castlereagh in 1817. Native of Edinburgh, Midlothian.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Flora McInnis

    Arrived in Victoria in 1852 aboard the Allison, aged 20; Scottish.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Brendan Stuart McInnis

    Dental surgeon of Elsternwick, Victoria; died 1988.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 242 records for McInnis in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

New Zealand3 records

3 records of the McInnis name in New Zealand Thames-Coromandel District cemetery records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Alathia McInnis

    Buried in 1905 at Omahu Cemetery, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato, aged 69.

    Thames-Coromandel District Council (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record John McInnis

    Buried in 1915 at Omahu Cemetery, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato, aged 71.

    Thames-Coromandel District Council (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record John McInnis

    Buried in 1913 at Omahu Cemetery, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato, aged 18.

    Thames-Coromandel District Council (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Thames-Coromandel District Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

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