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. An unincorporated community in Covington County, Alabama, United States.
3. A city in White County, Arkansas, United States.
4. An unincorporated community in Clay County, Florida, United States.
5. An unincorporated community in Cumberland County, Virginia, United States.

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 City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 561.

Anagrams

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