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 is borne by more people in Thailand than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Meekan? popularity and diffusion
Meekan is the 2,061,309th most commonly held family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 87,801,758 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 71 percent of Meekan reside; 64 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 63 percent reside in Tai-Asia.
Meekan is most commonly held in Thailand, where it is held by 52 people, or 1 in 1,358,430. In Thailand Meekan is mostly concentrated in: Trang Province, where 83 percent live, Bangkok, where 8 percent live and Chiang Rai Province, where 2 percent live. Without taking into account Thailand this surname occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in New Zealand, where 14 percent live and Australia, where 8 percent live.
Meekan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Meekan has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name fell 91 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Meekan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Meekan last name is chiefly 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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