Mohegan Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Kuwait

Mohegan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mohegan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Mohegan Last Name Facts

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

Mohegan is most common in The United States. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mohegan? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 6,360,413th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 78 percent of Mohegan live; 78 percent live in North America and 78 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 51,779,848. In The United States Mohegan is mostly found in: Connecticut, where 29 percent live, Oklahoma, where 29 percent live and Nevada, where 14 percent live. Aside from The United States this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Kuwait, where 11 percent live and Kyrgyzstan, where 11 percent live.

Mohegan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Mohegan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Mohegan last name expanded 140 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Moegan9210/
Mehegan86538/
Mahegan8616/
Mohigan863/
Maheigan809/
Maheggan800/
Meehegan800/
Maegan7726/
Maheingan751/
Mehigan71749/
Mahigan7128/
Maegane7112/
Mahegam711/
Maeghan710/
Meuegan710/
Mahigane677/
Mahingan672/
Maenngan671/
Maeganne671/
Muooigan671/
Mehiggan670/
Mouingan670/
Meehigan670/
Maheshgond591/
Meughan571/
Maheshgondh561/
Mauighan531/
Meeighan530/

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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 Mohegan
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