The McBrayer surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,452 people carried this name — #9,421 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 85,500 people counted. That is up 1% from 3,434 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the McBrayer surname

Anglicized form of Northern Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Bràthar (“son of the brother”), from bràthair (“brother”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «McBrayer» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

McBrayer in American newspapers,
1901–1910.

Newspaper page from Washington Sentinel carrying the name McBrayer
Washington Sentinel 1901-06-08
Newspaper page from The Washington Herald carrying the name McBrayer
The Washington Herald 1910-03-06
Newspaper page from The Globe-republican carrying the name McBrayer
The Globe-republican 1910-02-03

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 16,221 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named McBrayer,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Kenneth M. McBrayer
    Kenneth M. McBrayer 1952–2001 · naval officer
  • Terry McBrayer 1937–2020 · politician
  • Paul McBrayer 1909–1999 · basketball coach
  • Staley T. McBrayer 1909–2002 · inventor
  • James D. McBrayer 1916– · political scientist

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0.

In the public record

People named McBrayer,
in the records of the United States.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States195 records

195 records of the McBrayer name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 148
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 44
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Eugene N. McBrayer

    Born 1926 in North Carolina. Enlisted 1945 at Fort Banks Boston, Massachusetts; baker. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Mount Hope Cemetery, Mattapan, Massachusetts.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Elmer E. McBrayer

    Born 1916 in Tennessee. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia; chemical plant worker. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1988, buried at Chattanooga National Cemetery, Tennessee.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Walter J. McBrayer

    U.S. Marine Corps veteran of World War I. Born 1898, died 1975; buried at Mountain Home National Cemetery, Tennessee.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 195 records for McBrayer in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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