Mcveigh Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 2
Lancashire 19
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 1
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 1

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 1
Flintshire 9
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Mcveigh Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Mcveigh family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 10
Hawker 3
Dock Labourer 2
Grocer 2
Tailor 2
Shoe Maker 1
Blacksmith 1
Clerk In Broker Office 1
Porter 1
Tailor's Wife 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Mcveigh

Name Census Frequency
Mary Mcveigh 82
John Mcveigh 72
William Mcveigh 43
James Mcveigh 42
Thomas Mcveigh 38
Patrick Mcveigh 32
Elizabeth Mcveigh 24
Margaret Mcveigh 24
Sarah Mcveigh 18
Ann Mcveigh 15
Jane Mcveigh 14
Ellen Mcveigh 13
Catherine Mcveigh 12
Charles Mcveigh 12
Francis Mcveigh 12
George Mcveigh 12
Rose Mcveigh 12
Bridget Mcveigh 11
Hugh Mcveigh 11
Michael Mcveigh 11
David Mcveigh 10
Edward Mcveigh 10
Joseph Mcveigh 10
Alice Mcveigh 9
Samuel Mcveigh 9

Mcveigh Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Mcvay 43% 1,114
2 Mcveigh 100% 822
3 Mcvey 57% 625

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The surname Mcveigh is the 2nd most popular variant of Mcvay.

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