McConaughey
surname · Latin script
Meaning: from Mac Dhonnchaidh, see McConnachie
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 1 country · latest register: Census Bureau, 2020
/məkkɑnəheɪ̯/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
McConaughey is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- USUnited States
- CACanada
- GBUnited Kingdom
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)from Mac Dhonnchaidh, see McConnachie . Further information: This spelling of the name is rare in Britain but more numerous in the USA.
Cited for this meaning 1
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses
(measured from records)McConaughey is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
variant of McConaghy.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Rooster McConaugheyb. 1954USactor
- Matthew McConaugheyb. 1969USAmerican actor (born 1969)
- Levi McConaugheyb. 2008USson of Matthew McConaughey
- Livingston Alves McConaugheyb. 2012son of Matthew McConaughey
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them
(machine-generated)Evidence
(measured from records)7 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 1 country.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 427 | #49,268 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 424 | #52,802 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 416 | #47,838 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name McConaughey come from?
- from Mac Dhonnchaidh, see McConnachie . Further information: This spelling of the name is rare in Britain but more numerous in the USA. Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland.
- How do you pronounce McConaughey?
- A machine transcription gives /məkkɑnəheɪ̯/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name McConaughey mean?
- Recorded meaning: from Mac Dhonnchaidh, see McConnachie .
- In which country does McConaughey have the most bearers?
- McConaughey is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
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Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “McConaughey”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.