McGroarty
English
editEtymology
editAnglicized form of Scottish Gaelic and Irish Mac Rabhartaigh (“son of Rabhartach”), a byname from rabhartach (“having high tides, surging, swelling; vehement, impetuous”).
Proper noun
editMcGroarty (plural McGroartys)
- A surname.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, McGroarty is the 25989th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 944 individuals. McGroarty is most common among White (94.6%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McGroarty”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 555.