McKethan Surname

488,996th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 678 people bear this surname

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

McKethan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McKethan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6781:534,60044,420
Greece41:2,769,948101,568
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2151:233,57519,635

McKethan Last Name Facts

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

The surname McKethan is found most in The United States. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of McKethan.

How Common Is The Last Name McKethan? popularity and diffusion

The last name McKethan is the 488,996th most frequent surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 10,748,593 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of McKethan are found; 100 percent are found in North America and 100 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 678 people, or 1 in 534,600. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: North Carolina, where 29 percent reside, Texas, where 28 percent reside and Maryland, where 7 percent reside. Apart from The United States it occurs in one country. It is also common in Greece, where 1 percent reside.

McKethan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of McKethan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the McKethan surname increased 315 percent between 1880 and 2014.

McKethan Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States McKethan are 17.25% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 70.48% registered with the political party.

McKethan earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 9.75% less than the national average, earning $38,944 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 McKethan
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