# Mackenzie (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mackenzie/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Scottish Gaelic of Scottish origin.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Scottish Gaelic |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 13,733 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,628 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 22,482 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.2% (13,174 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /məˈkɛn.zi/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Spelling pronunciation of Scots MacKenȝie with the letter ⟨ȝ⟩ confused with ⟨z⟩. Ultimately from Scottish Gaelic MacCoinnich, itself from mac (“son, descendant”) + Coinnich (“of Coinneach”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Mackenzie in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Mackenzie in the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Canada.

## People named Mackenzie

- Alexander Mackenzie, 2nd Prime Minister of Canada (1822-1892)
- Linda Mackenzie, Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, former world record-holder
- Kenneth Ross MacKenzie, American physicist (1912–2002)
- George Henry Mackenzie, American journalist (1837–1891)
- Peter MacKenzie, American actor
- Stuart MacKenzie, Australian-British rower (1937–2020)
- Ryan Mackenzie, American politician (born 1982)
- Will Mackenzie, American television director and actor (born 1938)
- James Mackenzie, British cardiologist (1853-1925)
- Kenneth Kent Mackenzie, American botanist and lawyer (1877-1934)
- Alastair Mackenzie, British actor
- Joyce MacKenzie, American actor, schoolteacher (1925-2021)

and 6 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

McKenzie, McKnight, McGinnis, Magnuson, McInnis, McMichael, McMaster, Messenger, Mickens, McComas, Messinger, McGuinness.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.