# McGee (surname)

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

A surname from Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 74,542 |
| US rank (2010) | 439 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 4,142 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.6% (71,925 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /məˈɡiː/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Magee, Megee |

## Etymology

Anglicized form of Irish mac Aodha.

## Who carries it

Share of people named McGee 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) | 62% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 32% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 2.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named McGee in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.

## People named McGee

- Bradley McGee, Australian cyclist
- Jack McGee, American character actor
- American McGee, American game designer
- Vonetta McGee, American actress (1945-2010)
- William John McGee, American geologist & anthropologist (1853-1912)
- Gale W. McGee, American politician (1915-1992)
- Henry McGee, British actor (1929–2006)
- Charles McGee, American Air Force officer
- Jake McGee, American baseball player
- Willie McGee, baseball player
- Brian McGee, 11th Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Argyll and the Isles in Scotland
- Charles McGee, American artist (1924-2021)

and 4 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

McKee, Magee, McGhee, McGehee, McGahee, McGahey, McCoy, Mejia, Moss, Mack, Massey, Meza.

## 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.