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The mcleod Surname

mcleod Name Meaning and History

Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Leòid, a patronymic from a Gaelic form of the Old Norse personal name Ljótr ‘ugly’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The mcleod name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the mcleod family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of mcleod Families in the US in 1920
Number of mcleod families
 258-514
 87-257		 1-86
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 793 - Messages: 1965
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Mcleod. Information Please robpattison 1
McLeod's in Kansas cswensen 1
mary mcleod bethune James Mcleod 3
Isabel McLeod born Feb 6 1847 PEI Canada kdrgn 0
Beryl McLeod of Brownwood, TX 1928 drbrownlee 0
Family in Canada Millie McLeod Gustin 20
Malcolm McLeod born Abt 1848 KH10815 0
McLeod rebamcl 0
McLeods in MO Kay Goddard 22
McLeods of Montgomery Co. NC. David B. McLeod Sr. 28
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