Mechan is used as a family name or surname in Ireland. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Mechan
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Ireland
Meaning:

Mechan is a variation of Meakins. See Meekins - "De Mèschines (from Bayeux in Normandy), Meskines, Meykeynes, Meschin, Mekins, Meekins." This is Sir B. Burke's pedigree of the name as borne by the Irish family.

The is a variant of Mecham. See Meacham - Mitcham in Surrey?.

How popular is Mechan?

Mechan is common in Peru, United States, Scotland, England.

Mechan is ranked 163778 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Mechans plummeted by 19.44 per cent to 116 since 2000 and slipped by 30182 spots and ranked at 143149. The last name was found in merely 4 per ten million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 72.41 86.11
Hispanic or Latino 26.72 12.5
Mechan is not so popular last name but still a prevalent surname concentrated mainly in Peru which may be its country of origin too. Around 2649 people have been found who wears Mechan as their family name. Mechan is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Mechan:
1,929 Peru2,095
Countries with hundreds of Mechan:
150,214 United States148
3,718 Scotland136
28,863 England130
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
101,190 Canada25
13,165 Ecuador20
23,347 Venezuela16
85,184 Australia15
14,761 Ireland13
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
29,026 Chile9
863,365 India6
23,171 Wales6

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

John Mechan worked as shoemaker and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 24 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Oxford and arrived on April 25, 1846. Bridget Mechan (18) Maid, 52 years old John Mechan, Andrew Mechan, aged 60, 22 years old Catherine Mechan, Born at sea Patk. Mechan, Maid Mary Mechan, Jas. Mechan, aged 30, 30 years old Jas. Mechan, and 5 other Mechan around 57.14% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer migrated to US.

From Germany

Frdr. Mechan was 40 years old when he migrated to United States on November 9, 1871. He lived in Germany where he worked as laborer and took Cimbria from Hamburg & Havre. Hugo Mechan (27) Baker, Laborer H.H. Mechan, are other Mechan that migrated to US.

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