McLennen Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Guyana

McLennen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McLennen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:27,881,456736,413
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
England21:27,859,030389,889
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland91:415,91311,811
England51:4,875,074116,529
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States321:1,569,33483,036

McLennen Last Name Facts

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

McLennen occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name McLennen? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,908,606th most commonly occurring family name globally, held by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 119 percent of McLennen live; 106 percent live in North America and 106 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 27,881,456. In The United States McLennen is primarily found in: Washington, where 46 percent are found, Texas, where 15 percent are found and Arkansas, where 8 percent are found. Outside of The United States McLennen is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 25 percent are found and Australia, where 19 percent are found.

McLennen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of McLennen has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the McLennen last name declined 59 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it declined 60 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it declined 89 percent between 1881 and 2014.

McLennen Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the McLennen surname is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

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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 McLennen
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