McKeeven Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

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

McKeeven Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McKeeven Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Northern Ireland41:461,25916,615
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States151:3,347,912150,340

McKeeven Last Name Facts

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

The surname McKeeven occurs more in Northern Ireland more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name McKeeven? popularity and diffusion

The surname McKeeven is the 8,968,613th most numerous last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name McKeeven occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of McKeeven live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in British Isles.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Northern Ireland, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 461,259. In Northern Ireland McKeeven is mostly concentrated in: Ulster, where 100 percent live. Outside of Northern Ireland it exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 50 percent live.

McKeeven Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of McKeeven has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname contracted 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.

McKeeven Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
MacKeeven940/
McKeven932/
McKeiven880/
McKeevan880/
McKeevin880/
McEven8629/
McKewen80605/
McKiven8037/
McKevin804/
Mackeben75117/
MacKewen7525/
McKeavin753/
McEwen7116,038/
McEvan7134/
McKewn7119/
McIven710/
McKewan67132/
Mackewn6772/
McEween677/
McKivin670/
Makewen670/
McKavin670/
Moskewen638/
MacGewen631/
McEwan5719,223/
McEwin57802/
McIvan577/
MacKhayben561/
Macewwn532/
Makewin531/
MacEwin531/
McIvann530/
McCavin530/
Moskewem502/
MacGewin500/

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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 McKeeven
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