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    The surname McGahey

    An Irish surname, carried by 1,341 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M200

    McGahey: #19,986 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer McGahey #19,986, 1,341 people McGahey: #19,986 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez McGahey #19,986, 1,341 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McGahey is more common than 87.7% 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 1,341 people named McGahey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 230,235 Americans. That is up 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,294.

    #19,986
    rank among US surnames
    1,341
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.6%
    change since 2000 (was #19,366)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #19,986McClusky1,341230,235
    #19,992Couillard1,340230,407

    Who is named McGahey

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

    90% of people named McGahey identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.5% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 2.5%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like McGahey

    McGahey 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 McGahey come from?
    Variant of McGaughey.
    How common is the surname McGahey?
    1,341 people in the United States had the surname McGahey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 230,235 Americans. It ranked 19,986th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McGahey?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named McGahey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname McGahey getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,294 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,341 in 2010, up 3.6%.