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The MACLENNAN surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 1,201 20528 0 4
United States (1880 census) 8 92618 0 0
Change since 1880 +1193 +72090 +N/A +N/A
Other Countries
Australia 331 4769 0.002 20
United Kingdom 2,847 2180 0.006 62
Top States for MACLENNAN by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Massachusetts 129 5964 0.002 20
California 112 19567 0.000 3
Michigan 107 11001 0.001 11
Colorado 93 5553 0.002 22
Florida 84 18652 0.001 5
Top States for MACLENNAN by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Colorado 93 5553 0.002 22
Massachusetts 129 5964 0.002 20
New Hampshire 18 7902 0.001 15
Minnesota 70 10338 0.001 14
Maine 16 8316 0.001 13

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called MACLENNAN live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called MACLENNAN represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called MACLENNAN in Massachusetts than any other state, but you are more likely to find a MACLENNAN by picking someone at random in Colorado than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of MACLENNAN

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: Scotland

Language of origin: Gaelic

Ethnic origin: Celtic

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: From name of parent

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the MACLENNAN surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the MACLENNAN surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of MACLENNAN in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Hispanic) 26 2.16
Mixed Race 17 1.42
Black/African American 10 0.83
White (Caucasian) 1,138 94.75
Asian/Pacific Less than 100 Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan Less than 100 Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the MACLENNAN surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of MACLENNAN in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of MACLENNAN.

Similar names to MACLENNAN

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as MACLENNAN.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for MACLENNAN

The following words are slight variants of MACLENNAN that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.