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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.

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Distribution of mccoy Families in the US in 1920
Number of mccoy families
 432-862
 145-431
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