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
The last name Meahen is found most frequently in Northern Ireland. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meahen? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 7,117,718th most prevalent family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 71 percent of Meahen are found; 71 percent are found in Northern Europe and 71 percent are found in British Isles.
The surname is most commonly held in Northern Ireland, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 369,007. In Northern Ireland Meahen is primarily concentrated in: Ulster, where 100 percent live. Beside Northern Ireland this surname exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 29 percent live.
Meahen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Meahen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Meahen surname declined 94 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Meahen Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Meahen 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 Meahen
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