MacKellan Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Scotland

MacKellan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

MacKellan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727

MacKellan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name MacKellan Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname MacKellan occurs most in The United States. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of MacKellan.

How Common Is The Last Name MacKellan? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 7,117,718th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 86 percent of MacKellan reside; 86 percent reside in North America and 86 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name MacKellan is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 60,409,822. In The United States it is mostly found in: California, where 100 percent reside. Besides The United States this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Scotland, where 14 percent reside.

MacKellan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is chiefly Congregationalist (100%) in Ireland.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to MacKellan
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