How common is the surname Mackey?

30,749 people in the United States had the surname Mackey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 10,041 Americans. It ranked 1,143rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Mackey?

George Mackey, American mathematician (1916–2006), followed by Bill Mackey.

Where is the surname Mackey most common?

Wikidata records people named Mackey in the United States and The Bahamas.

How do you pronounce Mackey?

Mackey is /ˈmæki/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Mackey getting more or less common?

More common. 29,718 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 30,749 in 2010, up 3.5%.

The surname Mackey

A surname, carried by 30,749 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈmæki/ 2 syllables Soundex M200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mackey is more common than 99.3% of them.

Origin

Compare Mackie, McKay.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 30,749 people named Mackey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 10,041 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 29,718.

#1,143

rank among US surnames

30,749

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+3.5%

change since 2000 (was #1,075)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,134	Flanagan	30,887	9,996
#1,135	Bruno	30,883	9,997
#1,136	Segura	30,880	9,998
#1,137	Beach	30,867	10,002
#1,138	Castellanos	30,859	10,005
#1,139	Tillman	30,825	10,016
#1,140	Alford	30,771	10,034

Who is named Mackey

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

69% of people named Mackey identified as white (not Hispanic), 24% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 69%
Black (not Hispanic) 24%
Two or more races 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Mackeys

10 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

George Mackey
American mathematician (1916–2006)
Bill Mackey
American racing driver, 1927–1951
Erin Mackey
American actress, born 1986
John Mackey
American football player (1941-2011)
Connor Mackey
American ice hockey player, born 1996
John Mackey
American businessman, current CEO of Whole Foods Market, born 1953
Lance Mackey
American dog musher (1970–2022)
Trevorvano Mackey
Bahamian sprinter, born 1992
Varian Fry
American journalist (1907-1967)
Chloe Sutton
American swimmer, Olympic athlete, Pan American Games gold medalist, born 1992

Notable Mackeys come mostly from the United States (9) and The Bahamas (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Mackey

Mackey has the Soundex code M200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M200.

Questions

Where does the surname Mackey come from?: Compare Mackie, McKay.
How common is the surname Mackey?: 30,749 people in the United States had the surname Mackey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 10,041 Americans. It ranked 1,143rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mackey?: In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Mackey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 24% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Mackey?: George Mackey, American mathematician (1916–2006), followed by Bill Mackey.
Where is the surname Mackey most common?: Wikidata records people named Mackey in the United States and The Bahamas.
How do you pronounce Mackey?: Mackey is /ˈmæki/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Mackey getting more or less common?: More common. 29,718 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 30,749 in 2010, up 3.5%.