Magee

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Aodha (see McGee)

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

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

Magee is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • IEIreland≈1 in 6K(inferred from the name graph)
  • GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 8.9K
  • AUAustralia≈1 in 12K

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.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈92,000 people, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
449 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 2.6K (inferred from the name graph)

Laos, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

MageeLatin(measured from records)
แม็กกThai(measured from records)

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Aodha (see McGee). Magel 489

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Magee 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 Magee is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China—≈92,000 est.≈1 in 15K—Magee12
US United States—27,7201 in 12K28KMagee449
GB United Kingdom#870≈7,400 est.≈1 in 8.9K—Magee214
CA Canada—≈3,200 est.≈1 in 12K—Magee152
LA Laos—≈2,900 est.≈1 in 2.6K—Magee5
AU Australia—≈2,200 est.≈1 in 12K—Magee150
IE Ireland#441≈860 est.≈1 in 6K—Magee88

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).

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

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

  • Spanish surname8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, France, United Kingdom, Argentina

    Languages: Spanish, French, Portuguese

    Also written Mägëë, Mageé

47 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)

Magee is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In English, from Gaelic Mac Aodha, see McKay.

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  • In English, Scottish Gaelic; see Marlene

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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)

1850190019502000Frank Magee, b. 1889Patrick Magee, b. 1922Bryan Magee, b. 1930Barry Magee, b. 1934Kevin Magee, b. 1959David Magee, b. 1962Emily Magee, b. 1968Francis Magee, b. 1969Mike Magee, b. 1984Chloe Magee, b. 1988

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 Magee,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 31 sources across 16 countries.

Official registers attesting Magee
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010201028K#1,269
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020202026K#1,305
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000200026K#1,237
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 5

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • 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

Where does the name Magee come from?
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Aodha (see McGee). Magel 489 Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
How do you pronounce Magee?
A machine transcription gives /məˈɡi/ (IPA) for English.
What does the name Magee mean?
Recorded meaning: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Aodha (see McGee).
In which country does Magee have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 92 thousand people named Magee in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled magee.
How common is the name Magee?
In the United States, the national register counted 27,720 people named Magee in 2010, about 1 in 12 thousand residents.
How common is Magee compared with other names?
In Ireland, Magee is the 441st most common surname of 73,729 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, “Magee” — the 441st most common surname in Ireland. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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