Sugrue

English

Alternative forms

• Shugrue

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Siochfhrádha (“descendant of Siochfhrádh”), a Gaelicized form of the Old Norse personal name Sigfriðr (“Siegfrid”).

Proper noun

Sugrue (plural Sugrues)

1. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Sugrue is the 21878^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1187 individuals. Sugrue is most common among White (96.12%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Sugrue”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.