Meekan Surname
Approximately 83 people bear this surname
Meekan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 52 | 1:1,358,430 | 190,094 |
| New Zealand | 12 | 1:377,360 | 28,765 |
| Australia | 7 | 1:3,856,529 | 135,538 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 6 | 1:738,311 | 21,113 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 8 | 1:3,046,921 | 80,371 |
| Scotland | 8 | 1:467,902 | 12,875 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 35 | 1:1,434,820 | 77,606 |
Meekan Demographics
Meekan Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Meekan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meekan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Meekan has its highest incidence in Thailand. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Meekan? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,061,309th most numerous last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 87,801,758 people. Meekan occurs mostly in Asia, where 71 percent of Meekan live; 64 percent live in Southeast Asia and 63 percent live in Tai-Asia.
Meekan is most frequently held in Thailand, where it is borne by 52 people, or 1 in 1,358,430. In Thailand Meekan is mostly found in: Trang Province, where 83 percent reside, Bangkok, where 8 percent reside and Chiang Rai Province, where 2 percent reside. Aside from Thailand it occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in New Zealand, where 14 percent reside and Australia, where 8 percent reside.
Meekan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Meekan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Meekan surname decreased 91 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Meekan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is predominantly Catholic (50%) 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Meekan
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