McGreeghan Surname

3,274,477th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 36 people bear this surname

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

McGreeghan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McGreeghan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Northern Ireland191:97,1076,126
Canada151:2,456,373146,130
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

McGreeghan Last Name Facts

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

The last name McGreeghan is borne by more people in Northern Ireland than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of McGreeghan click here.

How Common Is The Last Name McGreeghan? popularity and diffusion

The surname McGreeghan is the 3,274,477th most widespread family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 202,431,831 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 56 percent of McGreeghan reside; 56 percent reside in Northern Europe and 56 percent reside in British Isles.

The last name is most widespread in Northern Ireland, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 97,107. In Northern Ireland McGreeghan is mostly found in: Ulster, where 100 percent live. Aside from Northern Ireland this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 42 percent live and Kuwait, where 3 percent live.

McGreeghan Last Name Statistics demography

McGreeghan earn marginally less than the average income. In Canada they earn 1.68% less than the national average, earning $48,848 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
McGreegan950/
McGreghan950/
McGregan893/
McGraghan8419/
McGroghan841/
McGriegan840/
McGregon781/
McGrigan780/
McGragan780/
McGrahaghan761/
McGroggan74119/
McGruigan741/
McGreggon740/
McGraigan740/
McGrogon670/
McGriggam630/

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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 McGreeghan
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