Meghen Surname
Approximately 118 people bear this surname
Meghen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 83 | 1:56,734 | 3,894 |
| England | 23 | 1:2,422,524 | 89,093 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 8 | 1:553,733 | 17,655 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Meghen (182) may also be a first name.
Meghen Demographics
Meghen Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Meghen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meghen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Meghen (Bengali: মেঘেন) is found most in Ireland. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Meghen? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,674,734th most commonly held family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 61,758,864 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 90 percent of Meghen live; 90 percent live in Northern Europe and 90 percent live in British Isles. Meghen is also the 675,152nd most numerous given name at a global level. It is borne by 182 people.
The last name is most widely held in Ireland, where it is borne by 83 people, or 1 in 56,734. In Ireland Meghen is primarily found in: Leinster, where 100 percent are found. Other than Ireland this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in England, where 19 percent are found and Canada, where 6 percent are found.
Meghen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Meghen has changed over time. In Ireland the number of people carrying the Meghen last name increased 1,038 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in The United States it contracted 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Meghen Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Meghen surname is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meghen Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meghen in the Bengali language | ||
| মেঘেন | meghena | - |
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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 Meghen
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