McVay

English

Etymology

Variant of McVey.

Proper noun

McVay (plural McVays)

1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, McVay is the 4398^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 8086 individuals. McVay is most common among White (85.23%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McVay”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 562.