Mccay 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 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 13
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 3
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 8
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 1

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 1
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Mccay Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Mccay family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 7
Hawker 1
Apprentice Printer 1
Brick Layer 1
Cotton Weaver 1
Dock Lab 1
Ship Carpenter 1
Domestic 1
Tea Dealer 1
Sergeant 1
Son 1
Wife 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Mccay

Name Census Frequency
Mary Mccay 32
John Mccay 23
William Mccay 21
James Mccay 13
Thomas Mccay 8
Ellen Mccay 5
Isabella Mccay 5
Jane Mccay 5
Margaret Mccay 5
Robert Mccay 5
Sarah Mccay 5
Alice Mccay 4
Catherine Mccay 4
Ann Mccay 3
Annie Mccay 3
David Mccay 3
Edward Mccay 3
Eliza Mccay 3
Francis Mccay 3
George Mccay 3
Henry Mccay 3
Matthew Mccay 3
Michael Mccay 3
Florence Mccay 2
Hannah Mccay 2

Mccay Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Mackay 67% 12,954
2 Mckay 80% 6,933
3 Mccoy 80% 2,335
4 Mccay 100% 249
5 Mchay 80% 183
6 Maccoy 67% 134
7 Mccooey 57% 102

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The surname Mccay is the 4th most popular variant of Mackay.

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