Mcnair Family History
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.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Mcnair
Name Distribution of Mcnair Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Mcnair families
 46 - 89  16 - 45 |
 1 - 15  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Mcnair families
|
268 - 534 90 - 267 |
1 - 89 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Mcnair census records
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Mcnair Family Origin
Mcnair Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Mcnair Emigration Information (AU)
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Mcnair Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Mcnair census records
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Military Service by Mcnair
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