McGrehan Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Scotland
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

McGrehan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McGrehan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland131:411,83217,291
Northern Ireland61:307,50612,899
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

McGrehan Last Name Facts

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

The surname McGrehan occurs most in Scotland. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name McGrehan? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 5,213,395th most commonly held surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 136 percent of McGrehan reside; 136 percent reside in Northern Europe and 136 percent reside in British Isles.

The surname is most common in Scotland, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 411,832. In Scotland McGrehan is most numerous in: East Dunbartonshire, where 46 percent are found, City of Edinburgh, where 31 percent are found and Glasgow City, where 23 percent are found. Beside Scotland this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Northern Ireland, where 43 percent are found and Bahrain, where 7 percent are found.

McGrehan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of McGrehan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the McGrehan surname fell 91 percent between 1880 and 2014.

McGrehan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the McGrehan last name is primarily Catholic (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
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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 McGrehan
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