# McCay (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mccay/  
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) | 2,607 |
| US rank (2010) | 11,982 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 118,429 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.7% (2,651 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Variant of McCoy.

## Who carries it

Share of people named McCay 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) | 89% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 5.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.0% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named McCay in the United States and Australia.

## People named McCay

- Winsor McCay, American cartoonist and animator
- Peggy McCay, American actress (1927-2018)
- James Whiteside McCay, Australian general and politician (1864–1930)

## Similar surnames

McCoy, McCaw, McQuay, Mecca, McCaa, McKay, McGahey, Moccia, Mejia, Moss, McGee, Mack.

## 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.