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The mcnair Surname

mcnair Name Meaning and History

  1. Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Iain Uidhir ‘son of sallow John’. This form is associated mainly with Ross-shire.
  2. Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Oighre ‘son of the heir’. This form is associated mainly with Perthshire.
  3. Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Mhaoir ‘son of the steward or keeper’. The same name in Ireland was commonly Anglicized as Weir.

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

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

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Distribution of mcnair Families in the US in 1920
Number of mcnair families
 100-198
 34-99		 1-33
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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