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 found in Thailand more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Meekan? popularity and diffusion
The last name Meekan is the 2,061,309th most commonly used last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 87,801,758 people. The surname is primarily found 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 Meekan is most commonly occurring in Thailand, where it is borne by 52 people, or 1 in 1,358,430. In Thailand Meekan is primarily concentrated in: Trang Province, where 83 percent reside, Bangkok, where 8 percent reside and Chiang Rai Province, where 2 percent reside. Not including Thailand this last name exists 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 prevalency of Meekan has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Meekan last name declined 91 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Meekan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Meekan surname is principally 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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