McIver

English

Alternative forms

• MacIver, McEver, McEvers, McIvor, McKiver

Etymology

Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Íomhair (“son of Íomhar”), Gaelic adaptation of the Old Norse name Ívarr.

Proper noun

McIver (plural McIvers)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, McIver is the 6258^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5457 individuals. McIver is most common among White (56.29%) and Black/African American (38.57%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McIver”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 556.