Cavanaugh

English

Etymology

Variant of Kavanagh.

Proper noun

Cavanaugh (plural Cavanaughs)

1. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Cavanaugh is the 2049^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 17577 individuals. Cavanaugh is most common among White (91.11%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Cavanaugh”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 306.