McCunniff

English

Alternative forms

• Cunniff

Etymology

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Conduibh (“son of the black hound”), from cú (“hound”) and dubh (“black”). Compare McAdoo and McNiff.

Proper noun

McCunniff (plural McCunniffs)

1. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, McCunniff is the 183182^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 114 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McCunniff”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 550.