MacAdams Coat of Arms and Surname Origin

Behind the MacAdams surname stands McAdams, an Irish name that clerks and families wrote in more than one way. Taken at its root, MacAdams points to “Son of Adam”. Records show MacAdams as one of the forms McAdams took over time. Before spelling was standardised, one family could appear under several forms. Related forms: MacAdam and McAdam.

The 2010 census count for MacAdams in the United States was 342, good for rank 59,171. That is enough to place it in the top 100,000 American surnames.

Arms linked to McAdams and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Research your MacAdams family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.