MacAvoy is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: MacAvoy
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for MacAvoy

How popular is MacAvoy?

MacAvoy is ranked 454477 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Macavoies grew by 7.657658 per cent to 239 since 2000 and ranked 79598 after elevating 78 spots. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 97.07 97.75
Macavoy is a very rare family name, few people in United States and New Zealand have the last name. Around 550 people have been found who wears Macavoy as their family name. Macavoy have bearers in many countries around the world. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
153,990 Australia7
116,327 Spain6
8,430 Northern Ireland1
56,169 Mexico1
29,046 Japan1
153,416 Italy1
897,276 Russia1
8,859 Iraq1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
67,981 Canada43
17,920 New Zealand28
18,457 Scotland20
Countries with hundreds of MacAvoy:
77,364 United States311
33,856 England129

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

John Macavoy was 34 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on May 28, 1849. He lived in Great Britain where he worked as farmer and took Yorktown from London. 31 years old Margaret Macavoy, Henry Macavoy, aged 1 year old, James Macavoy, aged 29, are other Macavoy that migrated to US.

MacAvoy Namesakes

  • Ariane MacAvoy, Goa Gil's wife
  • Joey MacAvoy characterized pivotal character of Jeremy in 2017 documentary, drama flick #SexSells.

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