Mcmahon Family History
Mcmahon Name Meaning
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Mathghamhna, a
patronymic from the byname Mathghamhain meaning ‘good
calf’. This was the name of two (unrelated) chieftain families in
counties Clare and Monaghan. In northern Ireland it is sometimes
Anglicized as Matthews, since Matha was the Irish form
of the Biblical name.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Mcmahon
Name Distribution of Mcmahon Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Mcmahon families
 471 - 940  158 - 470 |
 1 - 157  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Mcmahon families
|
270 - 537 91 - 269 |
1 - 90 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Mcmahon families
|
431 - 860 144 - 430 |
1 - 143 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Mcmahon Family Origin
Mcmahon Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Mcmahon
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Mcmahon Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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