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MacCadu Surname Definition:
MACCADU: Donald McCado, bailie at the Logy, charged with interfering with burgesses engaged in the fisheries in the North Isles, 1586 (Coll., p. 103). Dudgeon records M'Cadu in Galloway a. 1700. Probably Irish MacConduibh, 'son of Cu-dubh' ('black hound').
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MACCADU: Donald McCado, bailie at the Logy, charged with interfering with burgesses engaged in the fisheries in the North Isles, 1586 (Coll., p. 103). Dudgeon records M'Cadu in Galloway a. 1700. Probably Irish MacConduibh, 'son of Cu-dubh' ('black hound').
— The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)
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| Maqadu | 77 | 2 | / |
| Mackaduch | 75 | 11 | / |
| MacAdoo | 71 | 50 | / |
| Makadau | 71 | 14 | / |
| Makhadu | 71 | 8 | / |
| Makkadu | 71 | 5 | / |
| Makadou | 71 | 4 | / |
| Maikadu | 71 | 2 | / |
| Makgadu | 71 | 2 | / |
| Maqhadu | 71 | 2 | / |
| Makadut | 71 | 1 | / |
| Macadoe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Makaidu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Maxaudu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Macodou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Makhadou | 67 | 13 | / |
| Makhadup | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mmakgadu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Makaidou | 67 | 1 | / |
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