McFee Surname Meaning & Coat of Arms

McFee is a familiar spelling of the Scottish name McAfee. Taken at its root, McFee points to “Son of the dark one of peace”.

McFee and McAfee

Records show McFee as one of the forms McAfee took over time. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. Related forms: MacAfee and Macfie.

The 2010 census count for McFee in the United States was 2,068, good for rank 14,447. That puts it among the top 25,000 US surnames. McFee sounds close to MacFee, so it can help to search both.

Family crest and blazon

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