McClenaghen Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Scotland
Highest density in:
Scotland

McClenaghen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McClenaghen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland141:382,41616,471
Wales61:515,75523,171
England51:11,143,612252,590
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

McClenaghen Last Name Facts

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

The last name McClenaghen is found most frequently in Scotland. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of McClenaghen.

How Common Is The Last Name McClenaghen? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,798,600th most common surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. The surname McClenaghen occurs mostly in Europe, where 96 percent of McClenaghen reside; 96 percent reside in Northern Europe and 96 percent reside in British Isles.

The surname is most frequent in Scotland, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 382,416. In Scotland it is most common in: North Ayrshire, where 50 percent live, Inverclyde, where 29 percent live and Falkirk, where 21 percent live. Besides Scotland this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Wales, where 22 percent live and England, where 19 percent live.

McClenaghen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of McClenaghen has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the McClenaghen last name grew 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

McClenaghen Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the McClenaghen surname is primarily Presbyterian (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
  • 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 McClenaghen
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