Dargan
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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)
- A surname from Irish.
- A census-designated place in Washington County, Maryland, United States.
- A village in the City of Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Dargan is the 15533rd 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.