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kavanagh Name Meaning and History

  1. in Wexford, an Anglicization of Gaelic Mac Caomhánach ‘son of Caomhán’ (see Kevin). MacLysaght says that this is a famous branch of the MacMurroughs. The name is said to have been acquired from the first Kavanagh having been fostered by a follower of St. Caomhán.
  2. Anglicization of Gaelic Mac an Mhanaigh ‘son of the monk’, from manach ‘monk’, a rare Mayo surname.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The kavanagh name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the kavanagh family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of kavanagh Families in the US in 1920
Number of kavanagh families
 101-199
 34-100		 1-33
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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