Kinloch
surname · Latin script
Meaning: person from Kinloch or Kinlock, Scottish places; 'head of the loch'
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 5 countries · latest register: BFS, 2024
/ˈkɪnɫək/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Kinloch is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- GBUnited Kingdom
- USUnited States
- JMJamaica
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)person from Kinloch or Kinlock, Scottish places; 'head of the loch'
Cited for this meaning 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Where in the world
(measured from records)Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Kinloch is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
habitational name from any of various places that derive their names from Gaelic ceann ‘head(land)’ + loch ‘loch’. The most likely source of the surname is Kinloch at the head of Loch Rossie (now drained) in Fife, where a certain John Kinloch is recorded in charters dating from around 1240.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
In English, city, MO
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In Irish, So spelt in Scotland, the country of its origin, where Black says it is from ceann an locha, head of the lake. It is now often Kinlough in Ulster. It is also the anglicized form of the very rare surname Mac Conlocha (hound of the lake)
as a nameThe Surnames of Ireland
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Francis Kinlochb. 1755USAmerican politician
- George Kinlochb. 1775GBBritish politician (1775–1833)
- John Kinlochb. 1833AUIrish-born Australian cricketer (1833-1897)
- Alexander Angus Airlie Kinlockb. 1838not in their usual nameBritish army officer of Scottish extraction
- Joe Kinlochb. 1864GBEnglish footballer (1864-?)
- Graham Charles Kinlochb. 1943ZWsociologist
- Shona Kinlochb. 1962GBScottish artist
- Rodrigo Coronel Kinlochb. 1975NIdiplomat of Nicaragua
- Damien Kinlochb. 1980USAmerican basketball player (born 1980)
- María Amelia CoronelNInot in their usual namepolitician in Nicaragua
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them
(machine-generated)Evidence
(measured from records)10 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 5 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 838 | #28,465 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 776 | #31,903 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 669 | #32,417 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 13 | #105,312 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 4 | #118,617 |
| CR Costa Rica | TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names | — | 4 | #10,135 |
| GB United Kingdom | BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Kinloch mean, and where does it come from?
- person from Kinloch or Kinlock, Scottish places; 'head of the loch' Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- How do you pronounce Kinloch?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈkɪnɫək/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Kinloch have the most bearers?
- Kinloch is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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About this data
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Kinloch”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.