McGeehan Surname
Approximately 2,997 people bear this surname
McGeehan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,343 | 1:154,699 | 15,842 |
| England | 270 | 1:206,363 | 17,844 |
| Northern Ireland | 262 | 1:7,042 | 1,234 |
| Ireland | 195 | 1:24,148 | 2,322 |
| Scotland | 191 | 1:28,030 | 2,966 |
| Australia | 156 | 1:173,049 | 17,681 |
| Canada | 37 | 1:995,827 | 74,831 |
| New Zealand | 26 | 1:174,166 | 18,836 |
| Wales | 11 | 1:281,321 | 15,850 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 440 | 1:10,068 | 1,453 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 64 | 1:58,488 | 3,746 |
| England | 8 | 1:3,046,921 | 80,371 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 259 | 1:193,895 | 16,985 |
McGeehan Demographics
McGeehan Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
McGeehan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name McGeehan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname McGeehan is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name McGeehan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 147,679th most frequently held last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 2,431,614 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 76 percent of McGeehan reside; 76 percent reside in North America and 76 percent reside in Anglo-North America.
This last name is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 2,343 people, or 1 in 154,699. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Pennsylvania, where 30 percent live, New Jersey, where 10 percent live and Maryland, where 8 percent live. Apart from The United States it exists in 23 countries. It is also found in England, where 9 percent live and Northern Ireland, where 9 percent live.
McGeehan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of McGeehan has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the McGeehan surname grew 905 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 3,375 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it fell 56 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 298 percent between 1881 and 2014.
McGeehan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the McGeehan surname is primarily Catholic (96%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the McGeehan surname are 12.4% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 59.17% registered with the political party.
The amount McGeehan earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 11.74% more than the national average, earning $48,216 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.01% less than the national average, earning $43,220 CAD per year.
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McGeehan Reference & Research
McGeehan FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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 McGeehan
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