McGarvey

English

Alternative forms

• McGarva

Etymology

Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Gairbhshíth (“son of Gairbhshíth”), a personal name composed of the elements garbh (“rough”) + síth (“peace”).

Proper noun

McGarvey (plural McGarveys)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, McGarvey is the 8389^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3945 individuals. McGarvey is most common among White (95.26%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McGarvey”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 553.