The surname McVey
A Scottish Gaelic surname, carried by 8,848 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex M210
Origin
Scottish Gaelic origin
Variant of McBeth, from the aspirated form Mac Bheatha.
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 8,848 people named McVey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 34,894 Americans. That is up 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,788.
| Rank | Surname | People | 1 in |
|---|---|---|---|
| #4,012 | Magallanes | 8,852 | 34,879 |
| #4,014 | Duval | 8,851 | 34,883 |
| #4,016 | Weatherford | 8,850 | 34,887 |
| #4,018 | McVey | 8,848 | 34,894 |
Who is named McVey
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
94% of people named McVey identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
- White (not Hispanic) 94%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
- Black (not Hispanic) 1.7%
- Two or more races 1.3%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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McVey has the Soundex code M210, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M210.
Other Scottish Gaelic surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname McVey come from?
- Variant of McBeth, from the aspirated form Mac Bheatha.
- How common is the surname McVey?
- 8,848 people in the United States had the surname McVey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,894 Americans. It ranked 4,018th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname McVey?
- In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named McVey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname McVey getting more or less common?
- More common. 8,788 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,848 in 2010, up 0.7%.