McAuliffe
Appearance
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Anglicized form of Irish Mac Amhlaoibh (“son of Amhlaoibh”), a Gaelicized form of the Old Norse personal name Óláfr.
Proper noun
[edit]McAuliffe (plural McAuliffes)
- A surname from Irish [in turn from Old Norse].
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, McAuliffe is the 5996th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5733 individuals. McAuliffe is most common among White (96.04%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McAuliffe”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 544.