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    The surname McCorvey

    A Scottish Gaelic patronymic surname, carried by 1,222 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M261

    McCorvey: #21,403 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer McCorvey #21,403, 1,222 people McCorvey: #21,403 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez McCorvey #21,403, 1,222 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McCorvey is more common than 86.8% of them.

    Origin

    Scottish Gaelic origin

    Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Fhearghaidh (“son of Fearghadh”), a hypocoristic form of the personal name Fergus.

    McCorvey is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    One of 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,222 people named McCorvey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 252,656 Americans. That is up 8.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,127.

    #21,403
    rank among US surnames
    1,222
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.4%
    change since 2000 (was #21,578)

    Who is named McCorvey

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    66% of people named McCorvey identified as Black (not Hispanic), 27% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.6% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 66%
    • White (not Hispanic) 27%
    • Two or more races 4.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like McCorvey

    McCorvey has the Soundex code M261, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M261.

    Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

    All 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname McCorvey come from?
    Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Fhearghaidh (“son of Fearghadh”), a hypocoristic form of the personal name Fergus.
    How common is the surname McCorvey?
    1,222 people in the United States had the surname McCorvey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 252,656 Americans. It ranked 21,403rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McCorvey?
    In the 2010 Census, 66% of people named McCorvey identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 27% as white (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is McCorvey?
    McCorvey is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname McCorvey getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,127 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,222 in 2010, up 8.4%.