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    The surname McKoy

    A surname, carried by 7,820 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M200

    McKoy: #4,535 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer McKoy #4,535, 7,820 people McKoy: #4,535 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez McKoy #4,535, 7,820 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McKoy is more common than 97.2% of them.

    Origin

    Variant of McCoy.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 7,820 people named McKoy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 39,482 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,825.

    #4,535
    rank among US surnames
    7,820
    people in 2010
    2.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +14.6%
    change since 2000 (was #4,746)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,526Ascencio7,83239,421
    #4,528Johnsen7,83139,426
    #4,530Loredo7,83039,431
    #4,531Krug7,82739,446
    #4,532Samuelson7,82439,461
    #4,533Donato7,82339,466
    #4,534Villalpando7,82139,476

    Who is named McKoy

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

    83% of people named McKoy identified as Black (not Hispanic), 11% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 83%
    • White (not Hispanic) 11%
    • Two or more races 2.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Famous McKoys

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Mark McKoy
      Austrian runner, born 1961

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like McKoy

    McKoy 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 McKoy come from?
    Variant of McCoy.
    How common is the surname McKoy?
    7,820 people in the United States had the surname McKoy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,482 Americans. It ranked 4,535th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McKoy?
    In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named McKoy identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 11% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named McKoy?
    Mark McKoy, Austrian runner.
    Where is the surname McKoy most common?
    Wikidata records people named McKoy in Austria.
    Is the surname McKoy getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,825 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,820 in 2010, up 15%.