Calvey

English

Etymology

Shortened form of McCalvey.

Proper noun

Calvey (countable and uncountable, plural Calveys)

1. A surname from Irish.
2. A ghost town in Franklin County, Missouri, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Calvey is the 37591^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 592 individuals. Calvey is most common among White (84.8%) and Black/African American (10.64%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Calvey”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 273.