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The MCKIE surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 2,614 11134 0.001 10
United States (1880 census) 66 42122 0 1
Change since 1880 +2548 +30988 +N/A +9
Other Countries
Australia 519 3097 0.003 32
United Kingdom 3,011 2057 0.007 66
Top States for MCKIE by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
South Carolina 447 1527 0.011 111
Georgia 262 3502 0.003 32
New York 260 7714 0.001 14
California 177 14382 0.001 5
Florida 163 11495 0.001 10
Top States for MCKIE by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
South Carolina 447 1527 0.011 111
Georgia 262 3502 0.003 32
South Dakota 24 5881 0.003 32
Idaho 34 5706 0.003 26
Washington DC 10 5976 0.002 17

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called MCKIE live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called MCKIE represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called MCKIE in South Carolina than any other state, but you are more likely to find a MCKIE by picking someone at random in South Carolina than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of MCKIE

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: Scotland

Language of origin: Gaelic

Ethnic origin: Celtic

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: From name of parent

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the MCKIE surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the MCKIE surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of MCKIE in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Hispanic) 41 1.57
Mixed Race 35 1.34
Black/African American 1,078 41.24
White (Caucasian) 1,445 55.28
Asian/Pacific Less than 100 Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan Less than 100 Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the MCKIE surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of MCKIE in historical publications

(origin: Celtic or Gaelic.) The son of a dog; figuratively, the son of a champion. The Britons, Celts, and Gauls, applied the names of various animals to their heroes, indicative of strength, endurance, courage, or swiftness. This name is derived from Mac, son, and cu, kei, or ki, a wolf-dog. The common hound was called Gayer.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.


Similar names to MCKIE

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as MCKIE.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for MCKIE

The following words are slight variants of MCKIE that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.