The mcgrath Surname

mcgrath Name Meaning and History

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Craith, a patronymic from a personal name, possibly Mac Raith ‘son of grace’, from rath ‘grace’, ‘prosperity’.

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

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mcgrath Family Facts

Distribution of mcgrath Families in the US in 1920

Number of mcgrath families

549-1096

184-548

1-183

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

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Threads: 688 - Messages: 1552

Thread	Author	Replies
McGraths in Australia from Ireland	Marie Daly	26
Henry or Frank McGrath	kevinmc8	3
John Dennis McGrath, Irish Immigrant	denise5454	3
Jane McGrath in Alpine, TX 1921	drbrownlee	0
McGrath from CT	richard marsh	0
Michael McGrath born 1922 CoCavan	tormorwhippets	1
Query	ambrey_1	0
McGrath from Illinois and Indiana	tjprzybylski1	9
Alexander McGrath or MacGraw or McGraw m Hannah Mossman	DebbieDMiller	0
William and Thomas McGath	Gareth_Grainger	0

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