The mccann Surname

mccann Name Meaning and History

Irish (northern Armagh): Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Cana ‘son of Cana’, a personal name or byname meaning ‘wolf cub’.

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

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mccann Family Facts

Distribution of mccann Families in the US in 1920

Number of mccann families

269-535

90-268

1-89

Compiled by Ancestry.com.au from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 796 - Messages: 1898

Thread	Author	Replies
John McCann	clan_adair	1
McCann, Crossgar, Co Down	dmor1_1	10
McCANN, Bridget Mary (~1825 - ca. 1880)	djharrity	0
McCann Family	Christine Marie McCann	3
Alice CANN born in Ireland in 1888	kylieL33	0
McCann, Richard J born in Georgia Nov 1859	daynemalley	1
McCANN Alta Mae PARSONS 1930 1986 loving mother and nana	t42IOOF_DenCoTX	0
MCCANN, JOHN RUBEN	SHAREN ROBINETTE	9
mccann	miguel_126	0
Tithe Applotment Book - McCann, James	darcy_calif	0

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