Mackey Family

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About the Mackey surname

The surname Mackey is associated with a patronymic formation. The Mac-/Mc- formation is traditionally patronymic and means “son of” in Gaelic languages. The surname may originally have expressed descent before becoming fixed as a hereditary family name. Different families could independently adopt a surname formed from the same given name.

Pronunciation: Ma-kè/makɛ/

Most frequent given names among the Mackey family

Men

  1. 1John93
  2. 2William75
  3. 3James50
  4. 4Robert23
  5. 5Thomas23

Women

  1. 1Mary55
  2. 2Margaret26
  3. 3Ellen20
  4. 4Catherine18
  5. 5Ann17
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The Mackey name in our genealogy archives

1,659occurrences in our collections
10collections containing this name
46 211881 → 1901people enumerated
1767First mention of the name
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