Maxey

• (surname): Maxcy

From the genitive case of the personal name Mack + Old English eġ (“island; low-lying land”).

Maxey (countable and uncountable, plural Maxeys)

1. A village and civil parish in the City of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TF125085). [1]
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Maxey is the 3372^nd 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.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Maxey”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 539.