McKay is used as a family name or surname in Australia. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: McKay
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Australia
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for McKay

How popular is McKay?

McKay is common in Australia.

McKay is ranked 4730 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Mckay bearers increased by 4.690376 per cent in 2010 US census to 38681 since 2000, the surname slipped by 42 spots and ranked at 895. The last name was found in around 131 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 80.03 82.16
Black 13.56 12.95
Hispanic or Latino 2.39 1.63
Others 2.12 1.64
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2 1.11
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.7 0.52
Mckay is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Falkland Islands is ahead in terms of density. Around 115299 people have been found who wears Mckay as their family name. Mckay is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
74,531 Czech Republic10
932 Bermuda9
5,565 Costa Rica8
497,106 Indonesia8
582 Liberia5
25,156 Azerbaijan5
5,909 Bangladesh3
4,096 Dominican Republic3
2,113 Taiwan3
14,126 Colombia3
32,695 Nigeria3
4,138 Bahrain3
1,985 Cambodia3
1,647 Fiji3
16,136 Kenya3
3,752 Iraq3
4,529 Mauritius3
35,789 Turkey3
12,172 Ghana2
6,266 Luxembourg2
8,995 Uganda2
31,767 Greece2
4,164 Vietnam2
5,671 Guatemala2
883 Macau2
10,267 Sri Lanka2
12,844 Pakistan2
2,823 Papua New Guinea2
18,035 Egypt2
9,272 Ecuador2
5,726 Puerto Rico2
14,521 Portugal2
7,299 Estonia2
1,169 New Caledonia2
90,903 Moldova1
9,116 Nicaragua1
5,467 Haiti1
6,820 Angola1
1,819 Laos1
29,595 Iran1
37,493 Austria1
176 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha1
123,175 Tanzania1
49,529 Israel1
28,746 Algeria1
408 Åland1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
165,773 Belarus1
1,970 Grenada1
19,810 Croatia1
746 Dominica1
2,715 Gabon1
5,589 Sudan1
700 Somalia1
24,421 Slovakia1
510 East Timor1
36,814 Romania1
14,644 Tunisia1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
50,549 Georgia1
1,818 Guernsey1
23,434 Burkina Faso1
7,314 Bolivia1
2,578 Guam1
29,774 Venezuela1
4,171 Rwanda1
2,024 Mongolia1
3,993 El Salvador1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
5,205 Qatar49
2,210 Thailand48
291 Marshall Islands47
15,525 Norway46
3,075 Cyprus34
396 Isle of Man34
861 Barbados31
17,489 Denmark30
269,016 Russia29
595 Jersey28
643 United States Virgin Islands24
52,530 Belgium22
206 Gibraltar22
162,376 Ukraine20
362 Cayman Islands18
2,705 China16
12 Falkland Islands13
710 South Korea12
559,154 India12
5,153 Japan12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
402 The Bahamas98
1,292 Guyana97
3,743 Singapore89
4,262 Kuwait87
10,581 Sweden87
1,999 Trinidad and Tobago86
57,588 Argentina75
216 Antigua and Barbuda57
18,012 Peru57
26,277 Zimbabwe54
Countries with hundreds of McKay:
25,252 Philippines516
1,191 Ireland486
805 Wales474
891 Panama457
11,880 Mexico366
5,912 Malaysia354
30,009 France331
223 Belize299
1,258 Namibia285
24,102 Poland239
4,305 United Arab Emirates229
15,678 Saudi Arabia192
1,391 Hong Kong178
50,581 Italy146
20,427 Spain145
8,235 Switzerland144
6,815 Chile144
64,630 Brazil143
8,668 Hungary131
246 Malta115
24,962 Netherlands102
Countries with thousands of McKay:
75 Scotland6,865
1,258 South Africa5,315
92 New Zealand4,097
136 Northern Ireland2,075
315 Jamaica1,321
9,081 Germany1,076
Countries with ten thousands of McKay:
819 United States45,429
189 Canada17,487
535 England12,567
208 Australia12,110
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Peter Mckay was 19 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on March 14, 1846. He lived in Ireland where he worked as engineer and took Shakespeare from Liverpool. Pat Mckay (22) Smith, John Mckay, aged 20, Workman Thomas Mckay, James Mckay, aged 18, 25 years old Michael Mckay, Edward Mckay (20) Workman, Robert Mckay, aged 40, Elizabeth Mckay, and 219 other Mckay around 49.55% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer and weaver, servant, spinster, milliner, dressmaker, carpenter, miner migrated to US.

McKay Namesakes

  • Adam McKay, Film director
  • Stephanie McKay, Singer
  • Alasdair McKay, Film Art Director
  • Claude McKay, Writer
  • Brad McKay, Soccer player
  • Alistair McKay, Musical artist
  • Allis McKay, Author
  • Alwyn McKay, Author
  • Ami McKay, Journalist
  • John McKay, Film director
  • In 2020, Wella McKay played the role of Professor Linda in action, drama flick SoulHood: Prime.
  • In 0, Jessica Lynn McKay portrayed the role of Beverly in drama film Temple.
  • Brian McKay, from 2005 comedy movie Quiet Night In, who played the Lawrence.
  • Kristi McKay, from 2013 comedy, horror film Midget Zombie Takeover, who played the Amanda.
  • In 1967 drama film, Psychedelic Sex Kicks, Glen McKay portrayed N.
  • Stuart McKay portrayed central character of Drake in 2012 action and drama flick Call of Babylon.

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