McPhee Family

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About the McPhee surname

The surname McPhee is associated with a patronymic formation. The Mac-/Mc- formation is traditionally patronymic and means “son of” in Gaelic languages. A patronymic formation of this kind shows how an older personal name could develop into a family name. The prefix in McPhee belongs to a family of Gaelic forms traditionally used in patronymic surnames and is generally associated with descent.

Pronunciation: Èm-sé-fi/ɛmsefi/

Most frequent given names among the McPhee family

Men

  1. 1John217
  2. 2Donald147
  3. 3Alexander119
  4. 4James57
  5. 5William33

Women

  1. 1Mary198
  2. 2Catherine90
  3. 3Margaret88
  4. 4Sarah53
  5. 5Flora43
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The McPhee name in our genealogy archives

3,695occurrences in our collections
9collections containing this name
72 571881 → 1901people enumerated
1785First mention of the name
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