The McGaha surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,787 people carried this name — #8,676 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 78,100 people counted. That is up 3% from 3,687 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the McGaha surname

Variant of McGaughey.

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

In print

McGaha in American newspapers,
1912–1928.

Newspaper page from The Newport Plain Talk carrying the name McGaha
The Newport Plain Talk 1912-04-04
Newspaper page from South Bend News-times carrying the name McGaha
South Bend News-times 1928-04-05
Newspaper page from The Birmingham Age-herald carrying the name McGaha
The Birmingham Age-herald 1925-08-23

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,713 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named McGaha,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Mel McGaha
    Mel McGaha 1926–2002 · baseball player
  • Charles L. McGaha 1914–1984 · military personnel
  • Kris McGaha 1966–2026 · comedian

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

In the public record

People named McGaha,
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 States185 records

185 records of the McGaha name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 142
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 38
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 2
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Roscoe W. McGaha

    Born 1916 in Tennessee. Enlisted 1942 at Camp Forrest; farmer from Cocke County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1996, buried at Mountain Home National Cemetery, Tennessee.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Harold F. McGaha

    Born 1940; from Columbia, South Carolina. U.S. Army, parachutist; killed in action 1968 in Phuoc Long, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Johnnie McGaha

    U.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1888, died 1971; buried at Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery, Kansas.

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

Showing 3 of 185 records for McGaha in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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