McKellican Surname

2,530,696th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 58 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Scotland
Highest density in:
Scotland

McKellican Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McKellican Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland511:104,9777,051
England71:7,959,723202,100
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland141:267,3738,913
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

McKellican Last Name Facts

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

The last name McKellican is carried by more people in Scotland than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name McKellican? popularity and diffusion

The surname McKellican is the 2,530,696th most commonly used surname globally, borne by around 1 in 125,647,343 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 102 percent of McKellican reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 100 percent reside in British Isles.

This last name is most commonly used in Scotland, where it is carried by 51 people, or 1 in 104,977. In Scotland McKellican is mostly found in: Fife, where 61 percent reside, Angus, where 14 percent reside and City of Edinburgh, where 12 percent reside. Not including Scotland McKellican exists in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 12 percent reside and Portugal, where 2 percent reside.

McKellican Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of McKellican has changed over time. In Scotland the share of the population with the last name increased 364 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
McEllican951/
McKillican90130/
McLlican891/
McKlichan840/
McKillecan800/
McLucan710/
McLeason560/
McClexan560/
McClukan560/
McKlejohn530/
McCleason530/

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McKellican Reference & Research

The History of The McKellican Family - A Family History site for MacKillican, Mackilligan, Mackilligin, Mackillicane, Macgilugin etc.

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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 McKellican
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