How common is the surname McCay?

2,607 people in the United States had the surname McCay in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 118,429 Americans. It ranked 11,982nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named McCay?

Winsor McCay, American cartoonist and animator, followed by Peggy McCay.

Where is the surname McCay most common?

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

Is the surname McCay getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,651 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,607 in 2010, down 1.7%.

The surname McCay

A surname, carried by 2,607 people in the United States.

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). McCay is more common than 92.6% of them.

Origin

Variant of McCoy.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,607 people named McCay in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 118,429 Americans. That is down 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,651.

#11,982

rank among US surnames

2,607

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

-1.7%

change since 2000 (was #11,003)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,977	Fleshman	2,608	118,384
#11,982	McCay	2,607	118,429
#11,984	Laclair	2,606	118,475
#11,988	Burchard	2,605	118,520

Who is named McCay

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

89% of people named McCay identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.2%
Two or more races 2.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous McCays

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Winsor McCay
American cartoonist and animator, 1869–1934
Peggy McCay
American actress (1927-2018)
James Whiteside McCay
Australian general and politician (1864–1930)

Notable McCays come mostly from the United States (2) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like McCay

McCay 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 McCay come from?: Variant of McCoy.
How common is the surname McCay?: 2,607 people in the United States had the surname McCay in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 118,429 Americans. It ranked 11,982nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McCay?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named McCay identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named McCay?: Winsor McCay, American cartoonist and animator, followed by Peggy McCay.
Where is the surname McCay most common?: Wikidata records people named McCay in the United States and Australia.
Is the surname McCay getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,651 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,607 in 2010, down 1.7%.