McCorvey
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English
Etymology
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Fhearghaidh (“son of Fearghadh”), a hypocoristic form of the personal name Fergus.
Proper noun
McCorvey (plural McCorveys)
- A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, McCorvey is the 21403rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1222 individuals. McCorvey is most common among Black/African American (66.45%) and White (27.17%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McCorvey”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 548.