McKeighan Surname

711,133rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 412 people bear this surname

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

McKeighan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McKeighan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4121:879,75566,617
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States631:797,12249,780

McKeighan Last Name Facts

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

McKeighan has its highest incidence in The United States. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name McKeighan? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 711,133rd most commonly occurring family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 17,688,218 people. The surname McKeighan occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of McKeighan live; 100 percent live in North America and 100 percent live in Anglo-North America.

It is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 412 people, or 1 in 879,755. In The United States McKeighan is most prevalent in: New York, where 14 percent live, California, where 10 percent live and Nebraska, where 10 percent live.

McKeighan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of McKeighan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the McKeighan surname expanded 654 percent between 1880 and 2014.

McKeighan Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States McKeighan are 37.85% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 84.62% registered with the political party.

McKeighan earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 1.48% less than the national average, earning $42,512 USD 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 McKeighan
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