McLenaghan Surname

738,530th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 391 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Scotland

McLenaghan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McLenaghan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada2641:139,56714,363
United States1301:2,788,146165,890
Scotland1041:51,4794,410
Australia801:337,44628,659
England601:928,63447,428
Northern Ireland351:52,7154,341
New Zealand171:266,37223,826
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland981:45,2033,964
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland141:267,3738,913
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

McLenaghan Last Name Facts

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

McLenaghan occurs most in Canada. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name McLenaghan? popularity and diffusion

The last name McLenaghan is the 738,530th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 18,638,225 people. The last name McLenaghan occurs mostly in The Americas, where 101 percent of McLenaghan live; 101 percent live in North America and 101 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Canada, where it is carried by 264 people, or 1 in 139,567. In Canada McLenaghan is most prevalent in: Ontario, where 48 percent reside, New Brunswick, where 28 percent reside and Alberta, where 11 percent reside. Excluding Canada this surname is found in 9 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 33 percent reside and Scotland, where 27 percent reside.

McLenaghan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of McLenaghan has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 6,500 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 743 percent between 1881 and 2014.

McLenaghan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily Presbyterian (54%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the McLenaghan surname are 6.01% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 52.78% being registered with the political party.

The amount McLenaghan earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 12.43% more than the national average, earning $48,514 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.53% less than the national average, earning $48,428 CAD per year.

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McLenaghan Reference & Research

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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 McLenaghan
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