McCean Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
McCean Surname Definition:
MACIAN, Macane, Macean, Mackain, Mackane: Gaelic MacIain, 'son of John.' John, not Donald, is the commonest forename in the Highlands. The Macians of Ardnamurchan are descended from Eoin Sprangach, son of Angus Mor, lord of the Isles, in beginning of fourteenth century.
Read More About This SurnameMcCean Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 13 | 1:340,759 | 12,983 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 27 | 1:1,859,951 | 94,590 |
McCean Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
MACIAN, Macane, Macean, Mackain, Mackane: Gaelic MacIain, 'son of John.' John, not Donald, is the commonest forename in the Highlands. The Macians of Ardnamurchan are descended from Eoin Sprangach, son of Angus Mor, lord of the Isles, in beginning of fourteenth century. 'Several families of the name who have in recent times come to Coll from Ardnamurchan call themselves wrongly Johnstones' (Clan traditions, p. 27). Johnstone is (1) territorial from Johnstone in Dumfriesshire, and (2) John's town or S. John's town is an old name for Perth. Many others have translated their name as 'Johnson', as did the ancestors of Andrew Johnson, seventeenth president of the United States. The first record of the name is in 1296, in which year Sir Dovenald fitz Can (i.e. Donald MacIain) was one of an inquisition made at Berwick (Bain, II, p. 195), John Crom Mc kane, a witness in 1433 (HP., IV, p. 202). Andro Makayn was a sufferer from the first hership of Petty, 1502 (Rose, p. 176). McAan and McAyn 1519, McAne 1607, M'Cane 1538, M'Cayne 1580, M'Ean 1538, Mackane 1541, Makane 1494, Makcane 1515, Makcayne 1519, Makkane 1505, Makkean 1647, Mceane 1656, McMakkane (evidently a duplication of 'Mac') 1515; MacEoin, MacJeane, MakCoin. See Mackean.
MACKAIN, Mackane: Current forms of Macian, which see, the c of mac being repeated in pronunciation as in Mackay, Mackinlay, etc. Andrew M'Kaine (vcl M'Kame) was retoured heir of John M'Kaine de Barnall, 1601 (Retours, Bute, 11).
McCean Demographics
Average McCean Salary in
United States
$5,844 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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McCean Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name McCean Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name McCean is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name McCean? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,063,924th most commonly used surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname McCean occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 70 percent of McCean live; 70 percent live in North America and 70 percent live in Anglo-North America.
It is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 51,779,848. In The United States McCean is most prevalent in: Texas, where 57 percent are found, Florida, where 14 percent are found and New York, where 14 percent are found. Other than The United States it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 30 percent are found and Russia, where 10 percent are found.
McCean Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of McCean has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the McCean surname fell 74 percent between 1880 and 2014.
McCean Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is principally Catholic (91%) in Ireland.
McCean earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 86.46% less than the national average, earning $5,844 USD per year.
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