Explore the Family Name Magby

The meaning of Magby

Probably Scottish: variant of McBee.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

How common is the last name Magby in the United States?

According to data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Magby has experienced a slight increase in its popularity between 2000 and 2010. While the rank of the name rose from 26,642 in 2000 to 25,332 in 2010, marking a 4.92 percent change, the number of people carrying this surname also increased by 13.6 percent from 860 to 977 during the same period. The proportion of individuals with the last name Magby per 100,000 people also experienced an upward shift from 0.32 to 0.33, signifying a 3.13 percent change.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#26,642	#25,332	4.92%
Count	860	977	13.6%
Proportion per 100k	0.32	0.33	3.13%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Magby

The ethnic identity associated with the surname Magby has seen some shifts over the decade based on the Decennial U.S. Census data. The most notable changes occurred among those identifying as two or more races, which saw an increase of 39.84 percent from 2.56 to 3.58 percent, and among those identifying as American Indian and Alaskan Native, which increased by 18.73 percent from 2.67 to 3.17 percent. A slight uptick was also observed among those identifying as Black, with a change of 0.54 percent from 35.12 to 35.31 percent. Conversely, the proportion of those identifying as White decreased by 4.39 percent from 57.91 to 55.37 percent. Additionally, new identities appeared in the 2010 census with 0.92 percent identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander and 1.64 percent identifying as Hispanic, where there were none reported in 2000.

	2000	2010	Change
White	57.91%	55.37%	-4.39%
Black	35.12%	35.31%	0.54%
Two or More Races	2.56%	3.58%	39.84%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	2.67%	3.17%	18.73%
Hispanic	0%	1.64%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.92%	0%