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    The surname Meenan

    An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 614 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M550

    Meenan: #36,426 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Meenan #36,426, 614 people Meenan: #36,426 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Meenan #36,426, 614 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Meenan is more common than 77.5% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Mianáin (“descendant of Mianán”), a diminutive form of mian (“desire, wish”).

    Meenan is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 614 people named Meenan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 502,843 Americans. That is down 8.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 671.

    #36,426
    rank among US surnames
    614
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -8.5%
    change since 2000 (was #32,338)

    Who is named Meenan

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    96% of people named Meenan identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Meenan

    Meenan has the Soundex code M550, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M550.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Meenan come from?
    Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Mianáin (“descendant of Mianán”), a diminutive form of mian (“desire, wish”).
    How common is the surname Meenan?
    614 people in the United States had the surname Meenan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 502,843 Americans. It ranked 36,426th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Meenan?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Meenan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Meenan?
    Meenan is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Meenan getting more or less common?
    Less common. 671 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 614 in 2010, down 8.5%.