The adair Surname

adair Name Meaning and History

Scottish (Galloway) and northern Irish: from the Scottish personal name Adair, also spelled Ed?ear, a form of Edgar.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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adair Family Facts

Distribution of adair Families in the US in 1920

Number of adair families

108-214

37-107

1-36

Compiled by Ancestry.co.uk from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 896 - Messages: 5797

Thread	Author	Replies
Adairs in Ontario Canada	PatriciaMaureen	0
Adair wills LDS FHL	shirley5346	114
Adair of Kinhilt, Scotland, AD1480-1487	shirley5346	296
Adair of Kinhilt, Scotland. AD1455-1460	shirley5346	53
Clan Adair Society	clan_adair	1
Adair's Listed in Procat Index	radair007	17
Cornelius Adair, John Adair,Pennsylvania, 1700s	cindyludwig85	1
robin adair	bonnie elkins	17
Eliza Adair	Ros50	175
Adair Connections	bobadair1	35

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