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The MCGEEHAN surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 1,508 17282 0.001 6
United States (1880 census) 17 77551 0 0
Change since 1880 +1491 +60269 +N/A +N/A
Other Countries
Australia 62 21273 0 4
United Kingdom 462 9354 0.001 10
Top States for MCGEEHAN by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Pennsylvania 472 3176 0.004 38
New Jersey 188 5060 0.002 22
Florida 102 16457 0.001 6
Maryland 75 7516 0.001 14
Ohio 67 18510 0.001 6
Top States for MCGEEHAN by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Pennsylvania 472 3176 0.004 38
New Jersey 188 5060 0.002 22
Washington DC 9 5971 0.002 16
Maryland 75 7516 0.001 14
Delaware 11 11362 0.001 14

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

Classification and Origin of MCGEEHAN

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: Ireland

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 MCGEEHAN 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 MCGEEHAN 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 MCGEEHAN in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Hispanic) 19 1.26
Mixed Race 14 0.93
Asian/Pacific 11 0.73
White (Caucasian) 1,458 96.68
Black/African American Less than 100 Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan Less than 100 Insignificant

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

Meaning of MCGEEHAN in historical publications

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

Similar names to MCGEEHAN

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as MCGEEHAN.

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 MCGEEHAN

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