The mcnear Surname

mcnear Name Meaning and History

Scottish or Irish: variant spelling of McNair.

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mcnear Family Facts

Name Distribution (US)Name Distribution (UK)Name Distribution (Scotland)Place of Origin Immigration Year Ports of Departure Life Expectancy Occupations Civil War Service

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Distribution of mcnear Families in the US in 1920

Number of mcnear families

13-23

5-12

1-4

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Thread	Author	Replies
LLOKING FOR GREAT-GRANDFATHER	YDAVIDSON	1
Edgerton B. McNear	B Guild	2
Boston and Medford, MA, 1870 to 1920's? (connection to Maine)	bbffrrpp	1
Mcnear's of West Virginia	MSmith55	1
looking 4 George Mcnear jr	faster12	19
Thomas McNear or Macknear	Richard D. Mackneer Sr.	2
McNear Family Tree	ctowle6505	45
HENRY MCNEIR, JAMES MCNEIR	mschoenfelder6	2
Sandusky - McNear	P. R. Orr	7
Lola Naomi McNear	fgruber24	0

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