Macleans Surname
Approximately 82 people bear this surname
Macleans Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 61 | 1:2,903,980 | 91,283 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Macleans (136) may also be a first name.
Macleans Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Macleans Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Macleans is most common in Nigeria. It can also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Macleans? popularity and diffusion
The last name Macleans is the 2,075,631st most prevalent family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 88,872,511 people. The surname Macleans is predominantly found in Africa, where 83 percent of Macleans are found; 74 percent are found in West Africa and 74 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Macleans is also the 794,286th most widespread given name on earth, held by 136 people.
Macleans is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 61 people, or 1 in 2,903,980. In Nigeria Macleans is most common in: Rivers, where 44 percent reside, Ondo, where 15 percent reside and Bayelsa, where 11 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria it exists in 11 countries. It is also found in Qatar, where 7 percent reside and The United States, where 4 percent reside.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Macleans
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