# Maxey (surname)

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

A habitational surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 10,584 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,372 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 29,171 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.2% (10,461 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Maxcy |

## Etymology

From the genitive case of the personal name Mack + Old English eġ (“island; low-lying land”). Ekwall (1960) refers the first element to Old Irish Maccus, a Norse-Gaelic form of the Old Norse name Magnus.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Maxey 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) | 73% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 20% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 2.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Maxey in the United States.

## People named Maxey

- Tyrese Maxey, American basketball player (born 2000)
- Samuel B. Maxey, American politician (1825-1895)

## Similar surnames

Maxie, Max, Massey, Mackey, Mace, Maes, Macy, Maze, Macey, Maez, McCoy, Mejia.

## 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.