Dargan

English

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Deargáin (“descendant of Deargán”), a byname from dearg (“red”) + -án (“diminutive suffix”).

Proper noun

Dargan (countable and uncountable, plural Dargans)

1. A surname from Irish.
2. A census-designated place in Washington County, Maryland, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Dargan is the 15533^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1884 individuals. Dargan is most common among Black/African American (52.55%) and White (39.65%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Dargan”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 412.

Anagrams

• Argand, Garand, Granda, argand, granda