McRoy

English

Alternative forms

• McCroy

Etymology

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Rúaidh (“son of Rúadh”), a byname from ruadh (“red”).

Proper noun

McRoy (plural McRoys)

1. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, McRoy is the 16273^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1772 individuals. McRoy is most common among White (65.58%) and Black/African American (27.82%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McRoy”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 562.

Anagrams

• Cymro-