Stranahan Surname

401,442nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 875 people bear this surname

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

Stranahan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Stranahan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8641:419,51336,379
Philippines51:20,247,645262,352
United States Virgin Islands41:27,5943,273
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland41:1,107,46726,093
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3021:166,28715,069

Stranahan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Stranahan is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Stranahan? popularity and diffusion

The surname Stranahan is the 401,442nd most commonly used family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 8,328,624 people. The surname Stranahan is mostly found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Stranahan live; 99 percent live in North America and 99 percent live in Anglo-North America.

Stranahan is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 864 people, or 1 in 419,513. In The United States Stranahan is most prevalent in: California, where 11 percent are found, New York, where 11 percent are found and New Jersey, where 7 percent are found. Besides The United States it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 1 percent are found and The United States Virgin Islands, where 0 percent are found.

Stranahan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Stranahan has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Stranahan surname expanded 286 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Stranahan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Stranahan surname is principally Presbyterian (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Stranahan last name are 14.88% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 61.65% being registered to vote for the political party.

Stranahan earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 11.55% more than the national average, earning $48,134 USD per year.

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Stranahan Reference & Research

Strachan Clan DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Strachan Clan FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Stranahan
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