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McKay

McKay, MacKay or Mackay is a Scottish and Irish surname. The last phoneme in the name is traditionally pronounced to rhyme with 'eye', but in some parts of the world this has come to rhyme with 'hey'. In Scotland, it corresponds to Clan Mackay. Notable people with the surname include:

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McKay, MacKay or Mackay is a Scottish and Irish surname.1 The last phoneme in the name is traditionally pronounced to rhyme with 'eye', but in some parts of the world this has come to rhyme with 'hey'. In Scotland, it corresponds to Clan Mackay. Notable people with the surname include:

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  1. "Surname Database: McKay Last Name Origin". www.surnamedb.com. The Internet Surname Database. Retrieved 16 August 2016.