McCurdy

English

Etymology

Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Mhuircheartaigh (“son of Muircheartach”), a personal named based on muir (“sea”) + ceartach (“ruler”). Compare Moriarty.

Proper noun

McCurdy (plural McCurdys)

1. A surname.

Derived terms

• McCurdyville

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, McCurdy is the 2880^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 12463 individuals. McCurdy is most common among White (84.63%) and Black/African American (10.26%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McCurdy”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 550.