McKeehan

English

Etymology

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Caocháin (“son of Caochán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of caoch (“blind, purblind”).

Proper noun

McKeehan (plural McKeehans)

1. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, McKeehan is the 11810^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2650 individuals. McKeehan is most common among White (91.85%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McKeehan”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 556.