McRee

surname · Latin script

Meaning: A surname from Scottish Gaelic

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/məˈkɹi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

McRee is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 184K(measured from records)
  • VCSt. Vincent & Grenadines1 in 101K
  • CACanada≈1 in 173K

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)

1,810 people, 2010

Sources
243 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 101K (inferred from the name graph)

St. Vincent & Grenadines

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

McRee 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.

Where McRee is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States—1,8101 in 184K1.8KMcRee243
CA Canada—≈220 est.≈1 in 173K—McRee31
GB United Kingdom—≈220 est.≈1 in 305K—McRee21
IT Italy—≈160 est.≈1 in 389K—McRee2
EG Egypt—≈120 est.≈1 in 841K—McRee1
SG Singapore—≈33 est.≈1 in 186K—McRee1
VC St. Vincent & Grenadines—11 in 101K1——
GD Grenada#146———McRee2

1,810 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; Electoral Office of St Vincent & the Grenadines — Final Voters List (Nov 2025). 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

McRee is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Guatemala, Mexico, Colombia

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Mc-Ree

41 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

McRee 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 Scottish McRae.

    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)

175018001850190019502000William McRee, b. 1787Griffith J. McRee, b. 1820Lynn McRee, b. 1952Lisa McRee, b. 1961

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)

FormalDear Mcree,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 9 sources across 2 countries.

Official registers attesting McRee
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020101.8K#16,025
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020001.7K#15,805
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020201.6K#17,037
VC St. Vincent & GrenadinesElectoral Office of St Vincent & the Grenadines — Final Voters List (Nov 2025)20251#261
US United Stateswru 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 McRee mean, and where does it come from?
A surname from Scottish Gaelic. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce McRee?
A machine transcription gives /məˈkɹi/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does McRee have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 1.8 thousand people named McRee, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled mcree.
Where is McRee most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, McRee is densest in St. Vincent & Grenadines — about 1 in 101 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name McRee?
In the United States, the national register counted 1,810 people named McRee in 2010, about 1 in 184 thousand residents.
How common is McRee compared with other names?
In Grenada, McRee is the 146th most common surname of 3,427 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, “McRee” — the 146th most common surname in Grenada. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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