McVey

English

Alternative forms

• McVay, McVeigh

Etymology

Variant of McBeth, from the aspirated form Mac Bheatha.

Proper noun

McVey (plural McVeys)

1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, McVey is the 4018^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 8848 individuals. McVey is most common among White (93.61%) individuals.

Further reading

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