McRae

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): McCrae, McCree, McRay, McRee

Etymology

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Raith (“son of grace”), from mac + rath. Compare the Irish form McGrath.

Proper noun

McRae (countable and uncountable, plural McRaes)

1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
2. A place in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Covington County, Alabama.
   2. A city in White County, Arkansas.
   3. An unincorporated community in Clay County, Florida.
   4. A former city in Telfair County, Georgia, now part of McRae-Helena.
   5. An unincorporated community in Cumberland County, Virginia.
3. A community in the County of St. Paul, Alberta, Canada.

Derived terms

• McRae-Helena

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, McRae is the 1987^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 18156 individuals. McRae is most common among White (52.7%) and Black/African American (41.41%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McRae”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 561.

Anagrams

• Carme, crame, cream, crema, macer, recam