# McNamee (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mcnamee/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,825 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,917 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 53,004 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.4% (5,526 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Conmidhe, a patronymic from the personal name Cú Mhidhe (“hound of Meath”). See Irish cú (“hound”) and Middle Irish Mide (“Meath”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named McNamee in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named McNamee in Australia and the United States.

## People named McNamee

- Jessica McNamee, Australian actress
- Paul McNamee, Australian tennis coach and former tennis player
- Joe McNamee, American basketball player (1926-2011)

## Similar surnames

McNamara, McMann, McMonagle, McEnaney, McMahon, McManus, McKinnon, McMahan, McMinn, MacKinnon, McCammon, Mossman.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.