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    The surname McVay

    A Scottish Gaelic surname, carried by 8,086 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M210

    McVay: #4,398 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer McVay #4,398, 8,086 people McVay: #4,398 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez McVay #4,398, 8,086 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McVay is more common than 97.3% of them.

    Origin

    Scottish Gaelic origin

    Variant of McVey.

    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 8,086 people named McVay in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 38,183 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,811.

    #4,398
    rank among US surnames
    8,086
    people in 2010
    2.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.5%
    change since 2000 (was #4,205)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,390Holcombe8,10338,103
    #4,391Hefner8,10038,117
    #4,392Enos8,09738,131
    #4,393Maness8,09538,140
    #4,394Buckingham8,09438,145
    #4,396Ginn8,08838,173
    #4,397Cromwell8,08738,178

    Who is named McVay

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

    85% of people named McVay identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 85%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 9.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous McVays

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Sean McVay
      American football coach (born 1986)
    • Hugh McVay
      American politician (1766-1851)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like McVay

    McVay has the Soundex code M210, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M210.

    Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

    All 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname McVay come from?
    Variant of McVey.
    How common is the surname McVay?
    8,086 people in the United States had the surname McVay in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 38,183 Americans. It ranked 4,398th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McVay?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named McVay identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named McVay?
    Sean McVay, American football coach (born 1986), followed by Hugh McVay.
    Where is the surname McVay most common?
    Wikidata records people named McVay in the United States.
    Is the surname McVay getting more or less common?
    More common. 7,811 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,086 in 2010, up 3.5%.