# Magee (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 27,720 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,269 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 11,138 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.5% (26,031 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /məˈɡi/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Variant of McGee.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Magee 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) | 65% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 31% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Magee in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.

## People named Magee

- Mike Magee, American soccer player
- David Magee, American screenwriter and actor
- Kevin Magee, American basketball player (1959–2003)
- Samantha Magee, American rower
- Kevin Magee, Australian motorcycle racer
- Brian Magee, British boxer
- John Gillespie Magee, Jr., aviator and poet (1922-1941)
- Carl Magee, American lawyer and publisher

## Similar surnames

McGee, McGhee, Mace, Maes, Maze, Maag, Maez, McGahee, Maese, McCoy, Mejia, Moss.

## 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.