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

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

Surname is 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.

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

How popular is Meehan?

Meehan is common in United States, Ireland, England, Australia, Canada, Northern Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland, Wales.

Meehan is ranked 14789 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Meehan bearers increased by 1.97 per cent in 2010 US census to 14630 since 2000, the surname slipped by 154 spots and ranked at 2464. The last name was found in around 5 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.96 95.95
Hispanic or Latino 2.86 1.99
Others 1.02 0.93
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.64 0.56
Black 0.31 0.25
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.21 0.31
Meehan is quite popular family name mostly used in United States however Ireland lie ahead in terms of density. Around 37678 people have been found who wears Meehan as their family name. Meehan is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Meehan:
2,173 United States21,117
Countries with thousands of Meehan:
177 Ireland4,967
1,944 England4,236
1,216 Australia3,293
3,409 Canada1,454
Countries with hundreds of Meehan:
411 Northern Ireland914
1,268 New Zealand610
1,646 Scotland435
2,804 Wales114
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
45,159 South Africa92
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
10,086 Portugal38
76,713 Argentina32
182,981 France28
49,506 Spain27
140,707 Germany27
294,953 Thailand23
58,330 Netherlands22
899 Isle of Man20
17,235 Latvia17
13,856 Singapore17
24,706 Denmark16
16,023 Qatar16
36,578 Mexico15
48,545 Sweden15
24,061 United Arab Emirates14
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
221,039 Philippines9
486,533 Brazil6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Sarah Meehan hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 21 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Independence and arrived on May 26, 1846. 25 years old Mary Meehan, Workman Dennis Meehan, Cathr. Meehan, Nancy Meehan, aged 20, James Meehan (21) Workman, John Meehan (19) Workman, Workwoman Nancy Meehan, James Meehan, aged 19, and 375 other Meehan around 53.03% of whom were workman while others worked as spinster and farmer, dressmaker, shoemaker, clerk migrated to US.

Meehan Namesakes

  • Charles Patrick Meehan, Irish Catholic priest, historian and editor
  • Dinny Meehan, leader of the White Hand Gang in the 1910s
  • Don Meehan, influential Canadian National Hockey League Players' Association hockey player agent
  • Marty Meehan, educator, a politician, and a lawyer
  • Gerry Meehan, Canadian retired professional ice hockey left winger and the former general manager and Senior Vice President of the Buffalo Sabres
  • John Silva Meehan, American printer and publisher
  • Tony Meehan, founder member of the British group The Drifters
  • James Meehan,
  • Kali Meehan, Australian professional boxer of Fijian descent
  • Jim Meehan, American professional poker player from Burnsville
  • Patrick Meehan, victim of a controversial miscarriage of justice
  • Carol Anne Meehan, Ottawa City Councillor and former news anchor at CJOH
  • Chick Meehan, American football player and coach
  • Tommy Meehan, English footballer who played at wing half
  • Lew Meehan, American film actor
  • Paula Kent Meehan, American businesswoman

Meehan Namesakes

  • Charles Patrick Meehan, Irish Catholic priest, historian and editor
  • Dinny Meehan, leader of the White Hand Gang in the 1910s
  • Don Meehan, influential Canadian National Hockey League Players' Association hockey player agent
  • Marty Meehan, educator, a politician, and a lawyer
  • Gerry Meehan, Canadian retired professional ice hockey left winger and the former general manager and Senior Vice President of the Buffalo Sabres
  • John Silva Meehan, American printer and publisher
  • Tony Meehan, founder member of the British group The Drifters
  • James Meehan,
  • Kali Meehan, Australian professional boxer of Fijian descent
  • Jim Meehan, American professional poker player from Burnsville
  • Patrick Meehan, victim of a controversial miscarriage of justice
  • Carol Anne Meehan, Ottawa City Councillor and former news anchor at CJOH
  • Chick Meehan, American football player and coach
  • Tommy Meehan, English footballer who played at wing half
  • Lew Meehan, American film actor
  • Paula Kent Meehan, American businesswoman

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