Kavanagh Family History
Kavanagh Name Meaning
in Wexford, an Anglicization of Gaelic Mac
Caomhánach ‘son of Caomhán’ (see Kevin).
MacLysaght says that this is a famous branch of the MacMurroughs. The
name is said to have been acquired from the first Kavanagh having been
fostered by a follower of St. Caomhán.Anglicization of Gaelic
Mac an Mhanaigh ‘son of the monk’, from manach ‘monk’, a
rare Mayo surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Kavanagh
Name Distribution of Kavanagh Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Kavanagh families
 261 - 520  88 - 260 |
 1 - 87  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Kavanagh families
|
20 - 37 7 - 19 |
1 - 6 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Kavanagh census records
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Kavanagh Family Origin
Kavanagh Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Kavanagh Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Kavanagh census records
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Military Service by Kavanagh
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