McCorvey

English

Etymology

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Fhearghaidh (“son of Fearghadh”), a hypocoristic form of the personal name Fergus.

Proper noun

McCorvey (plural McCorveys)

1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, McCorvey is the 21403^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1222 individuals. McCorvey is most common among Black/African American (66.45%) and White (27.17%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McCorvey”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 548.