McClenahan Surname

212,798th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,935 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

McClenahan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McClenahan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,7251:210,12120,556
Australia1301:207,65920,175
England791:705,29239,851
Canada561:657,95753,499
Northern Ireland351:52,7154,341
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
France21:33,211,361423,184
Macau21:300,8151,009
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1121:39,5523,634
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland101:374,32210,959
England51:4,875,074116,529
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2951:170,23315,362

McClenahan Last Name Facts

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

The last name McClenahan is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of McClenahan.

How Common Is The Last Name McClenahan? popularity and diffusion

It is the 212,798th most common surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,766,174 people. McClenahan occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 77 percent of McClenahan live; 77 percent live in North America and 77 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 1,725 people, or 1 in 210,121. In The United States McClenahan is most prevalent in: California, where 18 percent live, Missouri, where 10 percent live and Illinois, where 6 percent live. Other than The United States this last name occurs in 18 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 7 percent live and England, where 4 percent live.

McClenahan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of McClenahan has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the McClenahan surname grew 585 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 1,580 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 97 percent between 1901 and 2014.

McClenahan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the McClenahan last name is primarily Presbyterian (50%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the McClenahan surname are 13.71% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 60.48% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount McClenahan earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 8.56% more than the national average, earning $46,841 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.68% more than the national average, earning $57,969 CAD per year.

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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 McClenahan
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