# McGhee (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mcghee/  
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) | 23,461 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,529 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 13,160 people |
| Change since 2000 | +8.0% (21,727 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Variant of McGee.

## Who carries it

Share of people named McGhee 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) | 45% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 48% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.7% |
| Two or more races | 3.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named McGhee in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named McGhee

- Bart McGhee, American soccer player (1899–1979)
- Howard McGhee, American trumpeter
- Carla McGhee, American basketball player (born 1968)
- Brownie McGhee, American folk-blues singer and guitarist
- Doc McGhee, American music manager
- Aaron McGhee, American basketball player (born 1979)
- Gary McGhee, American basketball player (born 1988)

## Similar surnames

McGaha, McGahee, McGahey, McGee, McKee, Magee, McGehee, Meche, McShea, McCoy, Mejia, Moss.

## 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.