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Mccoy

in Kentucky

There are 2,711 people with the last name "Mccoy" in Kentucky.

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Ranking in Kentucky

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Mccoy 140
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  1. is 136th most common Napier
  2. is 137th most common Ratliff
  3. is 138th most common Patterson
  4. is 139th most common Hawkins
  5. is 140th most common Mccoy
  6. is 141st most common Boyd
  7. is 142nd most common Hardin
  8. is 143rd most common Kelly
  9. is 144th most common Bishop

Most Common First Names for Mccoy

James, John, William, Michael, Gary, Mary, Charles, David, Robert, Thomas

Meaning & 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.

FOREBEARS The McCoy clan of KY, led by Randolph McCoy, was involved in one of the bitterest mountain feuds, with the Hatfield clan of WV, from the Civil War to the end of the 19th century. The expression ‘the real McCoy’ probably originated with an American boxer, Norman Selby (1873–1940), who adopted the name “Kid McCoy” distinguish himself from another fighter of the same name.

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