Meehan
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Miadhacháin (“descendants of Miadachán”), a diminutive of miadhach (“honourable”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Meehan (countable and uncountable, plural Meehans)
- A surname from Irish.
- A townland in County Westmeath, Ireland.
- An unincorporated community in the town of Plover, Portage County, Wisconsin, United States.
Descendants
- → Translingual: Meehania
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Meehan is the 2464th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 14630 individuals. Meehan is most common among White (94.96%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Meehan”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 565.