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mcniff Name Meaning and History

Irish and Scottish: Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Mac Conduibh, a patronymic from the personal name Cú Dhubh, composed of the elements cú ‘hound’ (genitive con) + dubh ‘black’. It is also Anglicized as Cunniff and McAdoo.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of mcniff Families in the US in 1920
Number of mcniff families
 37-72
 13-36		 1-12
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