McCauley

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): McAulay, McAuley, McCawley, McGauley, McGawley

Etymology

Two main origins:

• Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Amhalghaidh (“son of Amhalghadh”), a personal name of uncertain origin.
• Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Amhlaoibh (“son of Amhlaoibh”), a Gaelicized form of Old Norse Óláfr (“Olaf”).

Proper noun

McCauley (countable and uncountable, plural McCauleys)

1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic [in turn from Old Norse].
2. An unincorporated community in Hardy County, West Virginia, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, McCauley is the 1442^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 24743 individuals. McCauley is most common among White (83.62%) and Black/African American (10.6%) individuals.

Further reading

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