The mcleod Surname

mcleod Name Meaning and History

Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Leòid, a patronymic from a Gaelic form of the Old Norse personal name Ljótr ‘ugly’.

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

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mcleod Family Facts

Distribution of mcleod Families in the US in 1920

Number of mcleod families

258-514

87-257

1-86

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

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Threads: 783 - Messages: 1968

Thread	Author	Replies
John W. McLeod and Viola May Buck	kburby1	7
McLeods of Glenelg who went to Wilmington, NC, now in SC	John D. McLeod	34
George Ernest Mc Leod & Jessie Saltzman from Nova Scotia Canada	teralynn18	0
McLEOD Jo Ella 1916 2002	t42IOOF_DenCoTX	0
McLEOD Charles L 1907 1983	t42IOOF_DenCoTX	0
Deaath of Mary Etna McLeod	bettyeshort1	0
Scotland, South Carolina, New York, and Michigan.	Jessica_Kiras	6
McLeod, George or James	MSandyTindle	0
John McLeod / Louisa Beaton / Elizabeth Leys	Sharon0555	0
McLeod in Chickasaw, AL	Jessica	15

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