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Mcaleenan Family History

Mcaleenan Surname Meaning

Irish: from Mac Giolla Fhinnéin ‘son of Giolla Fhinnéin’ a personal name meaning ‘servant or devotee of Saint Finnian’. Compare Scottish McLennan.

The family were chieftains in Fermanagh.

The English surname Leonard was sometimes adopted as an Anglicization.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


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Between 1966 and 2004, in the United States, Mcaleenan life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1997, and highest in 1998. The average life expectancy for Mcaleenan in 1966 was 66, and 75 in 2004.

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