Covey Family History
Covey Name Meaning
Irish: reduced form of MacCovey, an Anglicized form of
Gaelic Mac Cobhthaigh (see Coffey).English
(Surrey and West Sussex): unexplained.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Covey Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Covey families
 55 - 108  19 - 54 |
 1 - 18  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Covey families
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41 - 80 14 - 40 |
1 - 13 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Covey families
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5 - 7 2 - 4 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Covey Family Origin
Covey Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Covey
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Covey Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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