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    The surname Dagan

    A Hebrew occupational surname, carried by 537 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D250

    Dagan: #40,672 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Dagan #40,672, 537 people Dagan: #40,672 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Dagan #40,672, 537 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dagan is more common than 74.9% of them.

    Origin

    Hebrew origin

    Borrowed from Hebrew דָּגָן (dagán, “grain, corn”), probably a metonymic occupational surname.

    Dagan is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    One of 51 Hebrew surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 537 people named Dagan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 574,945 Americans. That is up 24% since 2000, when the Census counted 433.

    #40,672
    rank among US surnames
    537
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +24%
    change since 2000 (was #46,331)

    Who is named Dagan

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    74% of people named Dagan identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 6.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 74%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 14%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.7%
    • Two or more races 3.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Dagan

    Dagan has the Soundex code D250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D250.

    Other Hebrew surnames

    All 51 Hebrew surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Dagan come from?
    Borrowed from Hebrew דָּגָן (dagán, “grain, corn”), probably a metonymic occupational surname.
    How common is the surname Dagan?
    537 people in the United States had the surname Dagan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 574,945 Americans. It ranked 40,672nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Dagan?
    In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Dagan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    What type of surname is Dagan?
    Dagan is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Dagan getting more or less common?
    More common. 433 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 537 in 2010, up 24%.