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The avey Surname

avey Name Meaning and History

  1. English (mainly East Anglia and southern counties): unexplained.
  2. Possibly a shortened form of Mac Avey, a variant of McEvoy and McVey.
  3. Possibly an altered form of French Hévé.
  4. Alternatively, perhaps, an Americanized form of German Ewig.

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Distribution of avey Families in the US in 1920
Number of avey families
 15-28
 6-14
 1-5
 0
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