The MCKOY surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	6,825	4746	0.003	25
United States (1880 census)	70	40166	0	1
Change since 1880	+6755	+35420	+N/A	+24
Other Countries
Australia	68	19758	0	4
United Kingdom	247	14470	0.001	5

Top States for MCKOY by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
North Carolina	2,629	496	0.033	327
New York	731	3004	0.004	39
Maryland	478	1471	0.009	90
New Jersey	410	2618	0.005	49
Georgia	332	3163	0.004	41
Top States for MCKOY by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
North Carolina	2,629	496	0.033	327
Washington DC	91	823	0.016	159
Maryland	478	1471	0.009	90
South Carolina	210	3053	0.005	52
New Jersey	410	2618	0.005	49

Notes

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

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

Classification and Origin of MCKOY

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: Ireland

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 MCKOY 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 MCKOY 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 MCKOY in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
White (Caucasian)	825	12.09
Mixed Race	134	1.96
White (Hispanic)	98	1.44
Black/African American	5,745	84.18
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 MCKOY surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Similar names to MCKOY

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as MCKOY.

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.