What is the origin of the name Mahood?

"Mahood" - what nationality is this name?

What is the origin of the name Mahood?
Have a look at the links posted below,


http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/Fact...


http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/Fact...


http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/Fact...


http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/Fact...


Hope this helps you.
Reply:Some of my "quick tricks" to survey a name-


family files at www.rootsweb.com


I see over 2300 entries for the name, and looks like it has been in the US since the early 1800's.


Another trick (if you ARE a US resident) is www.familysearch.org and click on search, then census. They have a nationwide (transcribed) index to the 1880 census. Pick 1880, use the surname, then let it pull up what it finds. NOW, I scan those findings for someone old, and male (married females won't work, since their birth name is different). Click to look at some of those older persons... since the entry for that person will show his place of birth AND that of his parents.


Generally, those of us here who have "worked" our families, have found that place of origin for a surname is very unreliable. It can show up in many places. What IS reliable, is getting into the addiction of actually tracing your personal ancestry. You eventually will find the person who is the "immigrant"... and among the research, it should show his/her place of birth.
Reply:Names haven't nationalities. Nationality refers to what nation one is a citizen of.





Genealogy is generally about the research and documentation of one's dead ancestors. Categorize your question in the appropriate category - you will receive better and more relevant answers.
Reply:The etymology of that word is found in those "Man" enough to pursue it...( maybe he is related to Robin?)

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