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MacAmhaoir Surname Definition:
MACAMHAOIR: Buchanan mentions a surname, MacAmhaoirs (pl.), formerly current in Buchanan parish but extinct in his day, which he said meant 'Officer's sons.' The name evidently has been Mac a' mhaoir, 'son of the officer.' It was probably the source of the Dumbartonshire surname Weir.
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MACAMHAOIR: Buchanan mentions a surname, MacAmhaoirs (pl.), formerly current in Buchanan parish but extinct in his day, which he said meant 'Officer's sons.' The name evidently has been Mac a' mhaoir, 'son of the officer.' It was probably the source of the Dumbartonshire surname Weir.
— The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)
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|---|---|---|---|
| Macamar | 82 | 1 | / |
| Machamhara | 80 | 7 | / |
| Machamar | 78 | 40 | / |
| Macamara | 78 | 3 | / |
| Macamrao | 78 | 1 | / |
| MacAmore | 78 | 1 | / |
| MacAmour | 78 | 1 | / |
| Macmor | 75 | 2 | / |
| McAmar | 75 | 0 | / |
| Machamire | 74 | 82 | / |
| Machamiri | 74 | 18 | / |
| Machamwar | 74 | 5 | / |
| Machamaru | 74 | 4 | / |
| Machaamar | 74 | 4 | / |
| MacHamara | 74 | 3 | / |
| MacHamaer | 74 | 1 | / |
| Machamari | 74 | 1 | / |
| MacCamore | 74 | 0 | / |
| MacKamore | 74 | 0 | / |
| Magamar | 71 | 23 | / |
| Makamar | 71 | 18 | / |
| Machmor | 71 | 14 | / |
| Macmore | 71 | 9 | / |
| Maqamir | 71 | 1 | / |
| MacHamr | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mackmor | 71 | 1 | / |
| Makamor | 71 | 1 | / |
| McAmara | 71 | 1 | / |
| McAmore | 71 | 1 | / |
| McMoiry | 71 | 0 | / |
| McAmary | 71 | 0 | / |
| Mukamhairi | 70 | 1 | / |
| May Camara | 70 | 1 | / |
| Mae Camara | 70 | 1 | / |
| Mac Hamara | 70 | 0 | / |
| MacHamer | 67 | 821 | / |
| Makamoro | 67 | 57 | / |
| MacKmore | 67 | 38 | / |
| Makamari | 67 | 38 | / |
| MacMoore | 67 | 13 | / |
| Magamare | 67 | 13 | / |
| Maia Camara | 67 | 10 | / |
| Makamara | 67 | 6 | / |
| Machmour | 67 | 5 | / |
| Makamiro | 67 | 4 | / |
| Makhamir | 67 | 4 | / |
| Makamore | 67 | 4 | / |
| Magamore | 67 | 3 | / |
| Macumira | 67 | 2 | / |
| Maikamor | 67 | 1 | / |
| McAmearr | 67 | 1 | / |
| McCamara | 67 | 1 | / |
| Magamori | 67 | 1 | / |
| Makamira | 67 | 1 | / |
| Makamire | 67 | 1 | / |
| Makamoor | 67 | 1 | / |
| MacKamer | 67 | 1 | / |
| MacMorey | 67 | 1 | / |
| MacMoyer | 67 | 1 | / |
| MacHmeir | 67 | 1 | / |
| McMor | 67 | 1 | / |
| McCamore | 67 | 1 | / |
| Macamora | 67 | 1 | / |
| Makamori | 67 | 1 | / |
| Macamure | 67 | 1 | / |
| Makama R | 67 | 1 | / |
| Makamare | 67 | 1 | / |
| Macmoori | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maya Camara | 67 | 1 | / |
| MacHmore | 67 | 0 | / |
| MacKamre | 67 | 0 | / |
| MacOmaer | 56 | 1 | / |
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