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The mccoy Surname

mccoy Name Meaning and History

Irish (Limerick): Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Aodha ‘son of Aodh’, an ancient personal name meaning ‘fire’, originally the name of a pagan god. Thus it has the same origin as McGee, McKay and McKee.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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Distribution of mccoy Families in the US in 1920

Number of mccoy families

432-862

145-431

1-144

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Thread	Author	Replies
James Haggard McCoy,bWells	Doug	6
James McCoy & Almira Hall	bphargreaves1	1
James McCoy born Louth Ireland 1868	N3WXW1	1
Nancy McCOY Peters 1930-2009 b. Fordyce, Arkansas	Lace_Lynch	0
Mary Jane McCoy Beatty	maryjbeatty	0
Austin McCoy	Carol	1
Allen McCoy and Lewis McCoy of Monroe County, Va.	Anna Doone	1
McCoy Family of Butler Co. KY	Debbiecii.net	14
William McCoy, Sr. - Norristown, PA 05.23.1913	d11175	0
Bessie McCoy	Christina Gerardi	7

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