How common is the surname McKie?

2,886 people in the United States had the surname McKie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 106,980 Americans. It ranked 11,021st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named McKie?

Aaron McKie, American basketball player-coach.

Where is the surname McKie most common?

Wikidata records people named McKie in the United States.

Is the surname McKie getting more or less common?

More common. 2,614 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,886 in 2010, up 10%.

The surname McKie

A Scottish Gaelic surname, carried by 2,886 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). McKie is more common than 93.2% of them.

Origin

Scottish Gaelic origin

Variant of McCoy.

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 2,886 people named McKie in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 106,980 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,614.

#11,021

rank among US surnames

2,886

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+10.4%

change since 2000 (was #11,134)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,013	Gatti	2,888	106,906
#11,016	Juneau	2,887	106,943
#11,021	Bourassa	2,886	106,980
#11,025	Milazzo	2,885	107,018
#11,026	Feder	2,884	107,055
#11,030	Hauge	2,883	107,092

Who is named McKie

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

51% of people named McKie identified as white (not Hispanic), 43% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 51%
Black (not Hispanic) 43%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous McKies

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Aaron McKie
American basketball player-coach, born 1972

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like McKie

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

Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

All 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames

Questions

Where does the surname McKie come from?: Variant of McCoy.
How common is the surname McKie?: 2,886 people in the United States had the surname McKie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 106,980 Americans. It ranked 11,021st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McKie?: In the 2010 Census, 51% of people named McKie identified as white (not Hispanic), and 43% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named McKie?: Aaron McKie, American basketball player-coach.
Where is the surname McKie most common?: Wikidata records people named McKie in the United States.
Is the surname McKie getting more or less common?: More common. 2,614 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,886 in 2010, up 10%.