Maxey
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English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Maxcy
Etymology
From the genitive case of the personal name Mack + Old English eġ (“island; low-lying land”).
Proper noun
Maxey (countable and uncountable, plural Maxeys)
- A village and civil parish in the City of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TF125085). [1]
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Maxey is the 3372nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 10584 individuals. Maxey is most common among White (73.2%) and Black/African American (20.36%) individuals.
References
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Maxey”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 539.