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Mcnair Name Meaning
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Iain Uidhir ‘son
of sallow John’. This form is associated mainly with Ross-shire.Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Oighre ‘son of the
heir’. This form is associated mainly with Perthshire.Anglicized
form of Gaelic Mac an Mhaoir ‘son of the steward or keeper’.
The same name in Ireland was commonly Anglicized as Weir.
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Name Distribution of Mcnair Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Mcnair families
 100 - 198  34 - 99 |
 1 - 33  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Mcnair families
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46 - 89 16 - 45 |
1 - 15 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Mcnair families
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268 - 534 90 - 267 |
1 - 89 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Mcnair Family Origin
Mcnair Immigration Information
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Mcnair Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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