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Meehan Name Meaning
Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Miadhacháin
‘descendant of Miadhachán’, a diminutive of Miadhach,
a byname meaning ‘honorable’.Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó
Maotháin ‘descendant of Maothán’, a personal name
representing a diminutive of maoth ‘moist’, ‘soft’,
‘tearful’.in some instances, an assimilated form of
Mehegan.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Meehan Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Meehan families
 343 - 684  115 - 342 |
 1 - 114  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Meehan families
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119 - 236 40 - 118 |
1 - 39 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Meehan families
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34 - 66 12 - 33 |
1 - 11 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Meehan Family Occupations
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