McCavana

English

Alternative forms

• Cavanah

Etymology

Anglicized form of Northern Irish Mac an Mhanaigh (“son of the monk”), from manach (“monk”).

Proper noun

McCavana (plural McCavanas)

1. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, McCavana is the 1959^th most common surname in the Northern Ireland, belonging to 132 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McCavana”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 546.
• Forebears