Last Name INNIS

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Meaning	Local: Of Innes, an estate in the parish of Urquhart, county Moray. The firstpossessor who assumed the name was Walter de Innes, who died in the reign of King Alexander II. Innes seems to be an abbereviation. Local: An island or peninsula, made so either by a fresh water river or the sea. 'Ynys' in the Welsh. The same as 'Ennis.' This family is of great antiquity in Scotland, and derives its surname from the lands of 'Innis,' a word supposed to be derived from the Gaelic 'Inch,' an island, part of that barony being an island, formed by the two branches of a stream running through the estate.

Origin	English, Celtic, Gaelic, Gaelic, Hungarian

Rank	13,584 (2000 US census)	10,892 (1990 US census)

Count	2,050 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

71.41%, or 1464 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
20.49%, or 420 total occurrences, as black,
0.78%, or 16 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
1.37%, or 28 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
2.29%, or 47 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
3.66%, or 75 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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