McNair meaning | Last name McNair origin

Following is the meaning of McNair surname. Family name McNair is generally added after the name or middle name so also called last name.
Family Name / Last Name: McNair
No. of characters: 6
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for McNair

McNair is used as a family name or surname in United States languages. McNair has 6 characters long in length.

McNair is common in United States country(ies).

McNair is ranked 21456 in our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Mcnair bearers increased by 8.471142 per cent in 2010 US census to 16595 since 2000, the surname slipped by 12 spots and ranked at 2191. The last name was found in around 56 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Black 54.75 52.96
White 39.57 42.79
Others 2.71 2.01
Hispanic or Latino 1.96 1.37
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.56 0.5
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander
0.46 0.37

How popular is McNair?

Mcnair is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Scotland is ahead in terms of density. Around 24078 people have been found who wears Mcnair as their family name. Mcnair is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
103,759 Spain8
9,759 Japan5
8,438 China5
8,411 Costa Rica4
3,224 Afghanistan3
46,068 Philippines3
127,708 Czech Republic3
19,452 Malaysia3
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
1,500,361 India2
124,220 Italy2
5,671 Guatemala2
18,718 Thailand2
4,249 Cambodia1
2,190 Barbados1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
101,414 Kyrgyzstan1
56,169 Mexico1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
353 Cook Islands1
20,172 Hungary1
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Immigrants to US

Margt. Mcnair from Ireland aboard the Fanny from Londonderry during the Irish famine. She is registered to be 18 years old when she arrived in USA on May 1, 1849. Workman Duncan Mcnair, William Mcnair (30) Workman, are others that migrated to US.

Celebrities having McNair surname

Sylvia McNair, Anglo-American opera singer and classical recitalist, winner of two Grammy Awards
Scoot McNairy Actor
Bonnie McNairn Musical Artist
Alana McNair Film cinematographer
Scoot McNairy Actor
Barbara McNair Singer
Callum McNair Film Score Composer
James 'Jimmy Mack' McNair Comedian
Sylvia McNair Opera Singer
Harold McNair Saxophonist
Deion McNair Football defensive lineman

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