Fogarty

English

Alternative forms

• Foggarty, Fogerty

Etymology

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fógartaigh (“descendant of Fógartach”), a personal name from fógartha (“proclaimed; banished, outlawed”).

Proper noun

Fogarty (plural Fogartys)

1. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Fogarty is the 4311^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 8245 individuals. Fogarty is most common among White (95.05%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Fogarty”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 586.