McEvoy
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Giolla Bhuidhe (“son of the yellow-haired lad”) and Irish Mac Fhíodhbhuidhe, a patronymic originally from fíodhbhadhach (“woodman”).
Proper noun
McEvoy (plural McEvoys)
- A surname.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, McEvoy is the 6020th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5713 individuals. McEvoy is most common among White (95.29%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McEvoy”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 552.