Macmahon Family

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About the Macmahon surname

The surname Macmahon is associated with a patronymic formation. The Mac-/Mc- formation is traditionally patronymic and means “son of” in Gaelic languages. A patronymic formation of this kind shows how an older personal name could develop into a family name. Different families could independently adopt a surname formed from the same given name.

Pronunciation: Mak-maon/makmaɔ̃/

Most frequent given names among the Macmahon family

Men

  1. 1John14
  2. 2James10
  3. 3Thomas7
  4. 4Bernard5
  5. 5Daniel4

Women

  1. 1Mary9
  2. 2Helen5
  3. 3Sarah5
  4. 4Catherine4
  5. 5Margaret4
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The Macmahon name in our genealogy archives

257occurrences in our collections
7collections containing this name
8 101881 → 1901people enumerated
1811First mention of the name
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