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    The surname McQuay

    A surname, carried by 1,828 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M200

    McQuay: #15,903 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer McQuay #15,903, 1,828 people McQuay: #15,903 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez McQuay #15,903, 1,828 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McQuay is more common than 90.2% of them.

    Origin

    Variant of McCoy.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,828 people named McQuay in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 168,898 Americans. That is up 5.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,739.

    #15,903
    rank among US surnames
    1,828
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.1%
    change since 2000 (was #15,464)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,898Risser1,829168,806
    #15,903Hohl1,828168,898
    #15,907Mullican1,827168,990
    #15,912Sautter1,826169,083

    Who is named McQuay

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

    65% of people named McQuay identified as white (not Hispanic), 28% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 65%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 28%
    • Two or more races 3.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous McQuays

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Tony McQuay
      All-American college track and field athlete, international track and field athlete, sprin, born 1990

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like McQuay

    McQuay 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 McQuay come from?
    Variant of McCoy.
    How common is the surname McQuay?
    1,828 people in the United States had the surname McQuay in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 168,898 Americans. It ranked 15,903rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McQuay?
    In the 2010 Census, 65% of people named McQuay identified as white (not Hispanic), and 28% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named McQuay?
    Tony McQuay, All-American college track and field athlete, international track and field athlete, sprin.
    Where is the surname McQuay most common?
    Wikidata records people named McQuay in the United States.
    Is the surname McQuay getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,739 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,828 in 2010, up 5.1%.