MacKay is used as a family name or surname in Scotland. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: MacKay
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Scotland
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for MacKay

How popular is MacKay?

MacKay is common in Scotland.

MacKay is ranked 6437 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Mackay bearers increased by 6.898789 per cent in 2010 US census to 9886 since 2000, the surname slipped by 72 spots and ranked at 3600. The last name was found in around 34 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 91.97 93.31
Hispanic or Latino 3.43 2.79
Black 1.55 1.55
Others 1.53 1.23
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.13 0.85
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.39 0.27
MacKay is quite popular family name mostly used in Canada while Scotland is ahead in terms of density. Around 84415 people have been found who wears MacKay as their family name. MacKay is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
464,493 Indonesia9
4,742 China9
1,346 Bermuda6
7,113 Costa Rica5
381,097 Ukraine4
513 Sierra Leone4
11,480 Japan4
4,554 Guatemala3
19,452 Malaysia3
2,967 Vietnam3
127,708 Czech Republic3
32,472 Azerbaijan3
25,074 Greece3
16,136 Kenya3
2,720 South Korea3
40,064 Nigeria2
4,086 Angola2
2,823 Papua New Guinea2
19,093 Finland2
1,777 Jersey2
15,999 Slovakia2
17,547 Colombia2
5,298 Botswana2
5,443 Dominican Republic2
3,014 Taiwan2
6,688 Malawi1
16,283 Lithuania1
2,196 Liberia1
12,270 Lebanon1
17,575 Kuwait1
8,859 Iraq1
9,498 Iceland1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
10,683 Cyprus1
1,179 Swaziland1
624 Solomon Islands1
14,618 Guyana1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
9,116 Nicaragua1
58,885 Poland1
1,253 Burundi1
7,314 Bolivia1
1,176 Antigua and Barbuda1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
3,004 Bahrain49
199 Guernsey43
557 Malta42
299 Isle of Man41
289,354 India38
26,164 Sweden36
3,714 Trinidad and Tobago35
1,985 Luxembourg33
248 Cayman Islands26
643 United States Virgin Islands24
1,064 Barbados23
1,056 The Bahamas21
3,546 Senegal21
377,825 Russia17
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
2,423 Jamaica89
14,725 Peru85
9,698 Norway79
3,256 Qatar78
1,290 Thailand72
26,687 Belgium59
10,614 Denmark54
Countries with hundreds of MacKay:
1,984 Zambia903
1,501 Chile881
11,469 Germany874
2,883 Sri Lanka848
16,634 France576
5,019 Ghana559
1,108 Honduras518
757 Wales497
6,649 Netherlands416
2,941 Ecuador414
11,880 Mexico366
844 Hong Kong320
1,231 Panama310
3,385 United Arab Emirates298
1,176 Northern Ireland250
44,967 Brazil238
17,713 Spain176
31,005 Argentina164
2,693 Ireland158
3,016 Oman155
18,956 Saudi Arabia154
7,758 Switzerland153
13,485 Zimbabwe135
4,007 Portugal129
2,043 Mauritius128
56,111 Italy123
31,052 Tanzania122
3,201 Singapore106
12,545 Austria105
Countries with thousands of MacKay:
314 Australia8,955
846 South Africa7,853
170 New Zealand2,890
9,586 Philippines1,547
3,474 Uganda1,494
Countries with ten thousands of MacKay:
262 Canada14,590
3,149 United States12,794
544 England12,358
40 Scotland10,790
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Comments

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Kathie Gunn
 The origin of the name is Scottish etymology comes from the agglutination of the prefix and mac kay personal name which means descendant kay - giant -.

MacKay Namesakes

  • Ian Mackay, Soccer player
  • Aeneas Mackay, Dutch Politician
  • Æneas Mackay, Politician
  • Fulton Mackay, Actor
  • Aeneas James George Mackay, Writer
  • Hugh Mackay, 14th Lord Reay, Former Hereditary peer
  • Donald Mackay, 11th Lord Reay, Dutch Politician
  • Peter MacKay, Member of the Canadian House of Commons
  • Malky Mackay, Football manager
  • Alec MacKaye, Singer
  • In 1989 action flick, Outlaw Killer, Jack Mackay played N.
  • In 2016 drama flick, Nelly, Mylène Mackay played Nelly.

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