Meighen Surname
Approximately 599 people bear this surname
Meighen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 458 | 1:791,395 | 61,115 |
| Canada | 72 | 1:511,744 | 43,418 |
| England | 53 | 1:1,051,284 | 51,324 |
| Australia | 13 | 1:2,076,592 | 93,242 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,476,622 | 29,385 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 11 | 1:2,215,943 | 64,354 |
| Scotland | 10 | 1:374,322 | 10,959 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 140 | 1:358,705 | 27,299 |
Meighen (46) may also be a first name.
Meighen Demographics
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Meighen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meighen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Meighen is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Meighen? popularity and diffusion
Meighen is the 537,454th most common surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 12,166,187 people. The last name Meighen is predominantly found in The Americas, where 88 percent of Meighen are found; 88 percent are found in North America and 85 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,484,914th most commonly used forename world-wide It is held by 46 people.
The surname is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 458 people, or 1 in 791,395. In The United States Meighen is most prevalent in: Ohio, where 22 percent reside, Pennsylvania, where 18 percent reside and Florida, where 9 percent reside. Excluding The United States Meighen occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 12 percent reside and England, where 9 percent reside.
Meighen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Meighen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Meighen surname increased 327 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 482 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Meighen Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Meighen surname is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States Meighen are 14.34% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 61.11% registered with the party.
The amount Meighen earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 0.95% more than the national average, earning $43,560 USD per year and in Canada they earn 40.15% more than the national average, earning $69,631 CAD per year.
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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 Meighen
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