How common is the last name Mckay?

36,937 people in the United States have the last name Mckay, about 1 in 8,092. It ranks #926 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

MCKAY

#926

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
36,937
About
1 in 8,092
This common or more
38.8%
Who bears it

Of the 36,937 people with the last name Mckay, 77.3% reported their origin as White, 13% as Black and 4% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Mckay

#924 Ayers · 36,980#925 Gould · 36,956#927 Dunlap · 36,873#928 Shepard · 36,770

Spelled almost the same

5 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Mckay, most common first.

#4,421 Mckoy · 7,783#11,843 Mccay · 2,527#18,738 Mckey · 1,454#102,982 Mcway · 186#154,755 Mcgay · 102

Also a first name

As a first name, Mckay ranks #6,507 of 53,615, with 2,455 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1995, with 111 births. See Mckay as a first name

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