McGaughy

English

Etymology

Variant of McGaughey.

Proper noun

McGaughy (plural McGaughys)

1. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, McGaughy is the 20322^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1308 individuals. McGaughy is most common among White (55.66%) and Black/African American (37.54%) individuals.

Further reading

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