Macay Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 6
Devon 0
Dorset 7
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 1
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 4
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 2
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 6
Surrey 0
Sussex 1
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Macay Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Macay family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 5
Coal Miner 2
Agricultural Labourer 2
Coal Miner's Wife 1
Masons Labourer 1
Shoemaker 1
Printer 1
Dom Servant 1
Blacksmith 1
Blacksmith's Wife 1
General Servant Domestic 1
House Keeper 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Macay

Name Census Frequency
John Macay 7
William Macay 7
Charles Macay 6
Mary Macay 6
George Macay 5
James Macay 5
Eliza Macay 4
Elizabeth Macay 4
Thomas Macay 4
Agnes Macay 3
Henry Macay 3
Sarah Macay 3
Alexander Macay 2
Alice Macay 2
Andrew Macay 2
Bridget Macay 2
Ellen Macay 2
Emma Macay 2
Fanny Macay 2
Francis Macay 2
Hugh Macay 2
Margaret Macay 2
Martha Macay 2
Patrick Macay 2
Ada Macay 1

Macay Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Macey 80% 11,852
2 Macy 80% 887
3 Mecoy 60% 478
4 Macoy 80% 148
5 Macay 100% 113

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The surname Macay is the 5th most popular variant of Macey.

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