Fergus family

There are 3,064 people with the Fergus surname on MyHeritage.com
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Where do people with the Fergus surname come from:
USA
 (34%)
United Kingdom
 (30%)
Canada
 (11%)
Ireland
 (10%)
New Zealand
 (5%)
Australia
 (3%)
Ukraine
 (1%)
Malaysia
 (1%)
Philippines
 (1%)
Bermuda
 (0.5%)
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The meaning of the name Fergus:
  1. Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Fearghuis or Ó Fearghasa ‘descendant of Fearghus’, a personal name composed of the elements fear ‘man’ + gus ‘vigor’, ‘force’, or possibly ‘choice’. This was the name of an early Irish mythological figure, a valiant warrior, also of the grandfather of St. Columba.
  2. Scottish: from the Gaelic personal name Fearghus (see 1 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, Mar 2003
Most popular first names with surname Fergus:
Christian   Elizabeth   England   Galloway   James   Janet   John   Margaret   Mary   Pictish   Samuel   Sarah   William   Wrold-Av  
Family sites on MyHeritage with the last name Fergus:
Fergus Reid Family Web Site, 12 members
Fergus Web Site, 2 members
Brennans of Carhue Newmarket on Fergus Web Site, 2 members
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