Meligan Surname

1,095,216th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 224 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Meligan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Meligan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2051:1,768,092116,364
Indonesia101:13,224,919434,432
Malaysia71:4,213,461150,293
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland101:442,98715,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States371:1,357,26274,323

Meligan (25) may also be a first name.

Meligan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Meligan Come From? nationality or country of origin

Meligan occurs most in The United States. It can appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Meligan.

How Common Is The Last Name Meligan? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,095,216th most frequently used last name in the world, held by around 1 in 32,533,687 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 92 percent of Meligan reside; 92 percent reside in North America and 92 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Meligan is also the 2,136,160th most commonly occurring given name globally, borne by 25 people.

The surname is most numerous in The United States, where it is held by 205 people, or 1 in 1,768,092. In The United States Meligan is mostly found in: Nevada, where 50 percent reside, Oregon, where 10 percent reside and Florida, where 9 percent reside. Excluding The United States this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 4 percent reside and Malaysia, where 3 percent reside.

Meligan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Meligan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Meligan surname increased 554 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 90 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Meligan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Meligan last name are 45.54% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 92.31% registered to vote for the political party.

Meligan earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 1.97% more than the national average, earning $44,000 USD 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 Meligan
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