How common is the surname Mackenzie?

13,733 people in the United States had the surname Mackenzie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 22,482 Americans. It ranked 2,628th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Mackenzie?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Mackenzie identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Mackenzie?

Alexander Mackenzie, 2nd Prime Minister of Canada (1822-1892), followed by Linda Mackenzie.

Where is the surname Mackenzie most common?

Wikidata records people named Mackenzie in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom and 2 other countries.

How do you pronounce Mackenzie?

Mackenzie is /məˈkɛn.zi/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname Mackenzie getting more or less common?

More common. 13,174 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,733 in 2010, up 4.2%.

Is Mackenzie also a first name?

Yes. Mackenzie is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Mackenzie

A Scottish Gaelic surname, carried by 13,733 people in the United States.

Pronounced /məˈkɛn.zi/ 3 syllables Soundex M252 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mackenzie is more common than 98.4% of them.

Origin

Scottish Gaelic origin

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”).

One of 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 13,733 people named Mackenzie in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 22,482 Americans. That is up 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 13,174.

#2,628

rank among US surnames

13,733

people in 2010

4.7

per 100,000 Americans

+4.2%

change since 2000 (was #2,515)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,619	Tharp	13,757	22,443
#2,620	Parrott	13,753	22,449
#2,621	Christy	13,750	22,454
#2,622	Singletary	13,749	22,456
#2,623	Mateo	13,746	22,461
#2,624	Gunderson	13,742	22,467
#2,625	Coburn	13,741	22,469

Who is named Mackenzie

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

93% of people named Mackenzie identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Mackenzies

18 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Alexander Mackenzie
2nd Prime Minister of Canada (1822-1892)
Linda Mackenzie
Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, former world record-holder, born 1983
Kenneth Ross MacKenzie
American physicist (1912–2002)
George Henry Mackenzie
American journalist (1837–1891)
Peter MacKenzie
American actor, born 1961
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, born 1970
Joyce MacKenzie
American actor, schoolteacher (1925-2021)

Notable Mackenzies come mostly from the United States (8), Australia (4) and the United Kingdom (3).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Mackenzie

McKenzie

Mackenzie has the Soundex code M252, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M252.

Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

All 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Mackenzie come from?: 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”).
How common is the surname Mackenzie?: 13,733 people in the United States had the surname Mackenzie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 22,482 Americans. It ranked 2,628th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mackenzie?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Mackenzie identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Mackenzie?: Alexander Mackenzie, 2nd Prime Minister of Canada (1822-1892), followed by Linda Mackenzie.
Where is the surname Mackenzie most common?: Wikidata records people named Mackenzie in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom and 2 other countries.
How do you pronounce Mackenzie?: Mackenzie is /məˈkɛn.zi/, 3 syllables.
Is the surname Mackenzie getting more or less common?: More common. 13,174 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,733 in 2010, up 4.2%.
Is Mackenzie also a first name?: Yes. Mackenzie is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.