The mckean Surname

mckean Name Meaning and History

Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Iain ‘son of Ian’, a Gaelic form of John.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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The mckean name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the mckean family name as far back in history as possible.

mckean Family Facts

Name Distribution (US)Name Distribution (UK)Name Distribution (Scotland)Place of Origin Immigration Year Ports of Departure Life Expectancy Occupations Civil War Service

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Distribution of mckean Families in the US in 1920

Number of mckean families

43-84

15-42

1-14

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Thread	Author	Replies
Looking	Paul McKean	34
Lucille McKean of Prairie Lea, TX 1924	drbrownlee	0
John McKean	Jim Williams	2
McKean Family - Ireland Canada	Ivan Knox	18
Caroline Elizabeth Mc Kean	dan_plunkett	1
Andrew McKean marriage 1851 Barony Glasgow	adonaldson01	1
Harold and James McKean	roslaine	0
William G. McKean	cltonding	0
"MCKEAN GENEALOGY" by Cornelius McKean	Judy Lubinski	1
JAMES/WILLIAM/MARY MCKEAN	LYNNE	4

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