The surname Caughey
An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 1,290 people in the United States.
Pronounced /ˈkɑ.heɪ/ 2 syllables Soundex C200
Origin
Irish origin
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Eochadha (“son of Eochaidh”).
Caughey is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,290 people named Caughey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 239,338 Americans. That is down 5.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,363.
Who is named Caughey
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
96% of people named Caughey identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 96%
- Two or more races 1.9%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.5%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Caughey has the Soundex code C200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C200.
Other Irish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Caughey come from?
- Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Eochadha (“son of Eochaidh”).
- How common is the surname Caughey?
- 1,290 people in the United States had the surname Caughey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 239,338 Americans. It ranked 20,553rd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Caughey?
- In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Caughey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as two or more races.
- How do you pronounce Caughey?
- Caughey is /ˈkɑ.heɪ/, 2 syllables.
- What type of surname is Caughey?
- Caughey is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
- Is the surname Caughey getting more or less common?
- Less common. 1,363 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,290 in 2010, down 5.4%.