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    The surname McGahee

    An Irish surname, carried by 1,613 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M200

    McGahee: #17,472 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer McGahee #17,472, 1,613 people McGahee: #17,472 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez McGahee #17,472, 1,613 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McGahee is more common than 89.2% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Variant of McGaughey.

    One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,613 people named McGahee in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 191,411 Americans. That is up 5.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,527.

    #17,472
    rank among US surnames
    1,613
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.6%
    change since 2000 (was #17,134)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,463Bazaldua1,614191,292
    #17,472Wisneski1,613191,411
    #17,481Searls1,612191,529

    Who is named McGahee

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

    62% of people named McGahee identified as white (not Hispanic), 35% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 62%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 35%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like McGahee

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

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname McGahee come from?
    Variant of McGaughey.
    How common is the surname McGahee?
    1,613 people in the United States had the surname McGahee in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 191,411 Americans. It ranked 17,472nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McGahee?
    In the 2010 Census, 62% of people named McGahee identified as white (not Hispanic), and 35% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname McGahee getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,527 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,613 in 2010, up 5.6%.