McKoy
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/məˈkɔɪ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
McKoy is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Variant of McCoy.
- USUnited States1 in 43K(measured from records)
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 51K
- NCNew Caledonia≈1 in 3K
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
- 364 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 3.0K (inferred from the name graph)
7,820 people, 2010
Highest-authority source
New Caledonia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Variant of McCoy.
Sources 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wiktionary
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
McKoy 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 | — | 7,820 | 1 in 43K | 7.8K | McKoy | 364 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈1,300 est. | ≈1 in 51K | — | McKoy | 94 |
| JM Jamaica | #269 | ≈450 est. | ≈1 in 6.3K | — | McKoy | 19 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈320 est. | ≈1 in 117K | 1 | McKoy | 55 |
| AU Australia | — | ≈300 est. | ≈1 in 84K | — | McKoy | 50 |
| NZ New Zealand | — | ≈150 est. | ≈1 in 34K | — | McKoy | 25 |
| NC New Caledonia | #383 | ≈97 est. | ≈1 in 3K | — | McKoy | 2 |
| GA Gabon | — | ≈93 est. | ≈1 in 24K | — | McKoy | 1 |
| KN St. Kitts & Nevis | — | 15 | 1 in 3.6K | 15 | — | 8 |
7,820 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; Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; St Kitts & Nevis — Register of Electors 2026. 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)
- Allmand A. McKoyb. 1825USAmerican politician (1825-1885)
- Bill McKoyb. 1948USAmerican football linebacker
- Noel McKoyb. 1950GBBritish singer
- Wayne McKoyb. 1958USAmerican basketball player
- Mark McKoyb. 1961CAAustrian runner
- Madison McKoyb. 1967USactor
- Olivia McKoyb. 1973JMJamaican athlete
- Gino Justin Hudson McKoyb. 1980TTCanadian singer-songwriter, film director and music producer
- David McKoyb. 1983CACanadian football player
- Nick McKoyb. 1986GBBritish footballer (born 1986)
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 18 sources across 8 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 7.8K | #4,535 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 7.8K | #4,421 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 6.8K | #4,746 |
| KN St. Kitts & Nevis | St Kitts & Nevis — Register of Electors 2026 | 2026 | 15 | #167 |
| 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 McKoy mean, and where does it come from?
- Variant of McCoy. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names and The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland and 2 other sources.
- How do you pronounce McKoy?
- A machine transcription gives /məˈkɔɪ/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does McKoy have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 7.8 thousand people named McKoy, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled mckoy.
- How common is the name McKoy?
- In the United States, the national register counted 7,820 people named McKoy in 2010, about 1 in 43 thousand residents.
- How common is McKoy compared with other names?
- In Jamaica, McKoy is the 269th most common surname of 50,451 surnames recorded there.
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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, “McKoy” — the 269th most common surname in Jamaica. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.