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    The surname McKey

    A surname, carried by 1,637 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M200

    McKey: #17,290 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer McKey #17,290, 1,637 people McKey: #17,290 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez McKey #17,290, 1,637 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McKey is more common than 89.3% of them.

    Origin

    Variant of McCoy.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,637 people named McKey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 188,604 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,614.

    #17,290
    rank among US surnames
    1,637
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.4%
    change since 2000 (was #16,422)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,283Semon1,638188,489
    #17,290Guilbeau1,637188,604

    Who is named McKey

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

    74% of people named McKey identified as white (not Hispanic), 22% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 74%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 22%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous McKeys

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Derrick McKey
      American basketball player (born 1966)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like McKey

    McKey has the Soundex code M200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M200.

    Questions

    Where does the surname McKey come from?
    Variant of McCoy.
    How common is the surname McKey?
    1,637 people in the United States had the surname McKey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 188,604 Americans. It ranked 17,290th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McKey?
    In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named McKey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 22% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named McKey?
    Derrick McKey, American basketball player (born 1966).
    Where is the surname McKey most common?
    Wikidata records people named McKey in the United States.
    Is the surname McKey getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,614 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,637 in 2010, up 1.4%.