Tarpey

English

Alternative forms

• Torpey

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Tarpaigh (“descendant of Tarpach”), a byname from torpach (“pot-bellied”).

Proper noun

Tarpey (plural Tarpeys)

1. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Tarpey is the 25935^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 947 individuals. Tarpey is most common among White (97.25%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Tarpey”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• aptery, petary, pyrate, tepary