Deegan

English

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Duibhginn (“descendants of Duibhgeann”), a byname composed of the elements dubh (“black”) + ceann (“head”).

Proper noun

Deegan (plural Deegans)

1. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Deegan is the 8962^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3653 individuals. Deegan is most common among White (92.44%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Deegan”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 424.

Anagrams

• Gandee