McCunniff
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Anglicized form of Irish Mac Conduibh (“son of the black hound”), from cú (“hound”) and dubh (“black”). Compare McAdoo and McNiff.
Proper noun
[edit]McCunniff (plural McCunniffs)
- A surname from Irish.
Statistics
[edit]- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, McCunniff is the 183182nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 114 individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McCunniff”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 550.