McGuffey
English
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Alternative forms
[edit]- (surname): McGuffie
Etymology
[edit]It could be a variant of the surname McDuffie. Alternatively, it may be an Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Dhabhoig (“son of Davuc”), a diminutive of the personal name David.
Proper noun
[edit]McGuffey (countable and uncountable, plural McGuffeys)
- A surname.
- A village in Hardin County, Ohio, United States.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, McGuffey is the 19012th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1433 individuals. McGuffey is most common among White (88.07%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McGuffey”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 555.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Scottish Gaelic
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English surnames
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- en:Places in Ohio, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- English surnames from Irish
- English surnames from Scottish Gaelic