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    The surname McKamey

    A Scottish Gaelic surname, carried by 1,219 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M250

    McKamey: #21,439 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer McKamey #21,439, 1,219 people McKamey: #21,439 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez McKamey #21,439, 1,219 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McKamey is more common than 86.8% of them.

    Origin

    Scottish Gaelic origin

    Variant of McCamey.

    One of 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,219 people named McKamey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 253,278 Americans. That is up 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,170.

    #21,439
    rank among US surnames
    1,219
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.2%
    change since 2000 (was #20,945)

    Who is named McKamey

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

    84% of people named McKamey identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 84%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 11%
    • Two or more races 2.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    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 McKamey

    McKamey has the Soundex code M250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M250.

    Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

    All 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname McKamey come from?
    Variant of McCamey.
    How common is the surname McKamey?
    1,219 people in the United States had the surname McKamey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 253,278 Americans. It ranked 21,439th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McKamey?
    In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named McKamey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname McKamey getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,170 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,219 in 2010, up 4.2%.