Meahen Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Meahen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Ireland | 5 | 1:369,007 | 15,220 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 33 | 1:1,521,778 | 81,120 |
Meahen Demographics
Meahen Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Meahen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meahen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Meahen is most common in Northern Ireland. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meahen? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 7,117,718th most frequently used surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. Meahen is predominantly found in Europe, where 71 percent of Meahen live; 71 percent live in Northern Europe and 71 percent live in British Isles.
The surname Meahen is most commonly held in Northern Ireland, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 369,007. In Northern Ireland Meahen is mostly found in: Ulster, where 100 percent are found. Aside from Northern Ireland this last name is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 29 percent are found.
Meahen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Meahen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Meahen surname declined 94 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Meahen Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is chiefly 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 Meahen
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