Mcknight Family History
Mcknight Name Meaning
(Ulster) Anglicized form of Scottish Mac
Neachtain, which is usually Anglicized as McNaughton.part translation of Gaelic Mac an Ridire ‘son of the
horseman (Gaelic ridire)’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Mcknight Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Mcknight families
 142 - 282  48 - 141 |
 1 - 47  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Mcknight families
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93 - 183 32 - 92 |
1 - 31 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Mcknight families
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196 - 390 66 - 195 |
1 - 65 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Mcknight Family Origin
Mcknight Immigration Information
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Mcknight Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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