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
Meekan is more commonly found in Thailand than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Meekan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,061,309th most commonly used last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 87,801,758 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 71 percent of Meekan are found; 64 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 63 percent are found in Tai-Asia.
The last name is most commonly used in Thailand, where it is carried by 52 people, or 1 in 1,358,430. In Thailand it is most common in: Trang Province, where 83 percent live, Bangkok, where 8 percent live and Chiang Rai Province, where 2 percent live. Besides Thailand this surname exists 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 frequency of Meekan has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Meekan last name decreased 91 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Meekan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Meekan last name is primarily 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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