McGahey
surname · Latin script
Meaning: variant of McGaughey
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/məˈɡæhi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
McGahey is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 160K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 248K
- SRSuriname≈1 in 1.4K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 255 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.4K (inferred from the name graph)
1,341 people, 2010
Highest-authority source
Suriname, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
variant of McGaughey.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
McGahey counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 1,341 | 1 in 248K | 1.3K | McGahey | 255 |
| SR Suriname | #488 | ≈440 est. | ≈1 in 1.4K | — | McGahey | 1 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈410 est. | ≈1 in 160K | — | McGahey | 101 |
| IN India | — | ≈300 est. | ≈1 in 4.4M | — | McGahey | 2 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈260 est. | ≈1 in 147K | — | McGahey | 39 |
| AU Australia | — | ≈170 est. | ≈1 in 153K | — | McGahey | 50 |
| IE Ireland | — | ≈68 est. | ≈1 in 76K | — | McGahey | 16 |
| JM Jamaica | — | ≈57 est. | ≈1 in 50K | — | McGahey | 2 |
1,341 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Susan Bell McGaheyb. 1862GB(1862-1919) hospital matron and reformer
- Charlie McGaheyb. 1871GBCricket player of England (1871-1935)
- Mick McGaheyb. 1925GBBritish trade unionist (1925-1999)
- Kathleen McGaheyb. 1960USfield hockey player
- Danielle McGaheyb. 1994Australian cricketer
- Harrison McGaheyb. 1995GBEnglish association football player (born 1995)
- Jeanne McGaheyUSAmerican poet
- John McGaheyengraver
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)
Attested in 8 sources across 1 country.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 1.3K | #19,986 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 1.3K | #19,366 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.3K | #21,109 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- 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
- What does the name McGahey mean, and where does it come from?
- variant of McGaughey. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- How do you pronounce McGahey?
- A machine transcription gives /məˈɡæhi/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does McGahey have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 1.3 thousand people named McGahey, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled mcgahey.
- How common is the name McGahey?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,341 people named McGahey in 2010, about 1 in 248 thousand residents.
- How common is McGahey compared with other names?
- In Suriname, McGahey is the 488th most common surname of 495 surnames recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/mcgaheyThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
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.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “McGahey” — the 488th most common surname in Suriname. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.