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Mckay Name Meaning
Scottish and northern Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac
Aodha ‘son of Aodh’, an ancient personal name meaning
‘fire’. Etymologically, this is the same name as McCoy.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Mckay Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Mckay families
 218 - 434  73 - 217 |
 1 - 72  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Mckay families
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214 - 426 72 - 213 |
1 - 71 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Mckay families
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1,410 - 2,818 471 - 1,409 |
1 - 470 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Mckay Family Origin
Mckay Immigration Information
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Mckay Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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