McAvoy

English

Etymology

Northern Irish variant of McEvoy.

Proper noun

McAvoy (plural McAvoys)

1. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, McAvoy is the 7102^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4715 individuals. McAvoy is most common among White (95.59%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McAvoy”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 544.