How common is the surname McGhee?

23,461 people in the United States had the surname McGhee in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 13,160 Americans. It ranked 1,529th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named McGhee?

Bart McGhee, American soccer player (1899–1979), followed by Howard McGhee.

Where is the surname McGhee most common?

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

Is the surname McGhee getting more or less common?

More common. 21,727 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 23,461 in 2010, up 8.0%.

The surname McGhee

An Irish surname, carried by 23,461 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). McGhee is more common than 99.1% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Variant of McGee.

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 23,461 people named McGhee in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 13,160 Americans. That is up 8.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 21,727.

#1,529

rank among US surnames

23,461

people in 2010

8.0

per 100,000 Americans

+8%

change since 2000 (was #1,513)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,520	Self	23,595	13,085
#1,521	Larkin	23,578	13,095
#1,522	Poe	23,563	13,103
#1,523	Pritchard	23,549	13,111
#1,524	Masters	23,533	13,120
#1,525	Gunn	23,524	13,125
#1,526	Jeffries	23,510	13,133

Who is named McGhee

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

48% of people named McGhee identified as Black (not Hispanic), 45% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 48%
White (not Hispanic) 45%
Two or more races 3.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous McGhees

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Bart McGhee
American soccer player (1899–1979)
Howard McGhee
American trumpeter, 1918–1987
Carla McGhee
American basketball player (born 1968)
Brownie McGhee
American folk-blues singer and guitarist, 1915–1996
Doc McGhee
American music manager, born 1950
Aaron McGhee
American basketball player (born 1979)
Gary McGhee
American basketball player (born 1988)

Notable McGhees come mostly from the United States (6) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like McGhee

McGhee 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 McGhee come from?: Variant of McGee.
How common is the surname McGhee?: 23,461 people in the United States had the surname McGhee in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 13,160 Americans. It ranked 1,529th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McGhee?: In the 2010 Census, 48% of people named McGhee identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 45% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named McGhee?: Bart McGhee, American soccer player (1899–1979), followed by Howard McGhee.
Where is the surname McGhee most common?: Wikidata records people named McGhee in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname McGhee getting more or less common?: More common. 21,727 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 23,461 in 2010, up 8.0%.