The McAuliffe surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,733 people carried this name — #5,996 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 51,500 people counted. That is up 2% from 5,645 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the McAuliffe surname

A surname from Irish [in turn from Old Norse].

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Amhlaoibh (“son of Amhlaoibh”), a Gaelicized form of the Old Norse personal name Óláfr.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «McAuliffe» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890

Ireland registered 40 births for the McAuliffe name in 1890.

Most were registered in Munster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 1,800 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. One of them was indexed under another spelling of the name. The Registrar-General’s note on the name: “29 in Cork.”

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born, 1890

Munster 40

Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.

In print

McAuliffe in American newspapers,
1888–1889.

Newspaper page from The Cheyenne Daily Leader carrying the name McAuliffe
The Cheyenne Daily Leader 1888-12-29
Newspaper page from Fort Worth Daily Gazette carrying the name McAuliffe
Fort Worth Daily Gazette 1889-02-14
Newspaper page from The Salt Lake Herald carrying the name McAuliffe
The Salt Lake Herald 1888-12-29

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 21,994 pages in all carry the name.

In print

McAuliffe in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1990s.

15,090 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss McAuliffe. The most, 3,305, date from the 1930s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Western Australia, at 1.9 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 5,290
Queensland 3,573
Western Australia 2,772
South Australia 1,821
Victoria 1,071
Tasmania 406
ACT (Canberra) 116
Northern Territory 22

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss McAuliffe.

Who carried it

People named McAuliffe,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Christa McAuliffe
    Christa McAuliffe 1948–1986 · teacher
  • Anthony McAuliffe
    Anthony McAuliffe 1898–1975 · soldier
  • Jack McAuliffe
    Jack McAuliffe 1866–1937 · boxer
  • Dick McAuliffe
    Dick McAuliffe 1939–2016 · baseball player
  • Michael Francis McAuliffe 1920–2006 · Catholic bishop
  • Maurice F. McAuliffe 1875–1944 · Catholic bishop

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0.

In the public record

People named McAuliffe,
in the records of 4 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States1,262 records

1,262 records of the McAuliffe name in the United States
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 726
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 128
  • Other U.S. records 408
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Corneli McAuliffe

    Born 1929; from Klamath County, Oregon. U.S. Army, field artillery cannoneer; killed in action 1951 in South Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Bridget McAuliffe

    Arrived at New York in 1853 aboard the Ticonderoga from Liverpool, aged 14; servant. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Thomas C. McAuliffe

    Born 1917 in New York. Enlisted 1941 at Buffalo; ironworker from Erie County.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain)

Showing 3 of 1,262 records for McAuliffe in the United States.

Counts: NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State, Open NY (police and firefighter memorial rolls) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain).

Australia744 records

744 records of the McAuliffe name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 251
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 179
  • Other Australian records 314
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Mary McAuliffe

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Blackfriar, sailing from Kingston in 1851. Native of Cork. Applied for permission to marry in Van Diemen's Land in 1854.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Elizabeth McAuliffe

    Died 1897 in Oatlands, Tasmania, aged 64. Will registered in Tasmania in 1897.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Mary McAuliffe

    Arrived in Queensland in 1908 aboard the Orotava, aged 24.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 744 records for McAuliffe in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · ACT Government, Transport Canberra and City Services (CC BY 4.0) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada28 records

28 records of the McAuliffe name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 23
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 3
  • Other Canadian records 2
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record David McAuliffe

    Came to Ontario in 1865 aboard the Damascus, landing at Quebec, bound for Weston, Ontario; English.

    Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record John McAuliffe

    Died 1933 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Henry William McAuliffe

    Died in service in 1916.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 28 records for McAuliffe in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

New Zealand11 records

11 records of the McAuliffe name in New Zealand
  • Christchurch City cemetery records 9
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  • Thames-Coromandel District cemetery records 1
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record John McAuliffe

    Died 1947, aged 50; buried at Ruru Lawn, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record James McAuliffe

    Buried in 1874 at Shortland Cemetery, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato, aged 27.

    Thames-Coromandel District Council (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record T. McAuliffe

    Lance Corporal, New Zealand Cyclist Corps. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Showing 3 of 11 records for McAuliffe in New Zealand.

Counts: Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · Thames-Coromandel District Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0); Livre d’or of the war dead, Paris, Ministère des pensions, Archives nationales (CC0).

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