Meechan is used as a family name or surname in Ireland. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Meechan
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Ireland
Meaning:

The lastname is form 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.

Lastname is the variant form of Mecham. See Meacham - Mitcham in Surrey?.

How popular is Meechan?

Meechan is common in Scotland, England, United States, Thailand, Canada, Australia.

Meechan is ranked 131556 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Meechan bearers increased by 0.44 per cent in 2010 US census to 226 since 2000, the surname slipped by 4388 spots and ranked at 83226. The last name was found in merely 8 per ten million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 92.48 93.33
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 3.54 2.22
Hispanic or Latino 3.1 0
Meechan is not so popular last name but still a prevalent surname concentrated mainly in Scotland which may be its originating country too. Around 3434 people have been found who wears Meechan as their family name. Meechan is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Meechan:
524 Scotland1,884
Countries with hundreds of Meechan:
10,522 England560
81,697 United States319
52,504 Thailand232
25,150 Canada138
19,950 Australia132
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
7,572 New Zealand98
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
10,207 Ireland16
132,322 South Africa13
15,850 Wales11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
306,885 France9
51,993 United Arab Emirates6

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Mary Meechan was 20 years old when she migrated to USA during Irish famine on July 24, 1850. She lived in Ireland where she worked as maid and took Patrick Henry from Liverpool. Workman James Meechan, are other Meechan that migrated to US.

Meechan Namesakes

  • Peter Meechan, Scottish professional footballer
  • Alex Meechan, English former footballer

Meechan Namesakes

  • Peter Meechan, Scottish professional footballer
  • Alex Meechan, English former footballer

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