The surname Dargan
An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 1,884 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex D625
Origin
Irish origin
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Deargáin (“descendant of Deargán”), a byname from dearg (“red”) + -án (“diminutive suffix”).
Dargan is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,884 people named Dargan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 163,878 Americans. That is up 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,628.
Who is named Dargan
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
53% of people named Dargan identified as Black (not Hispanic), 40% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- Black (not Hispanic) 53%
- White (not Hispanic) 40%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 3.2%
- Two or more races 2.3%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Dargan has the Soundex code D625, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D625.
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Questions
- Where does the surname Dargan come from?
- Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Deargáin (“descendant of Deargán”), a byname from dearg (“red”) + -án (“diminutive suffix”).
- How common is the surname Dargan?
- 1,884 people in the United States had the surname Dargan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 163,878 Americans. It ranked 15,533rd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Dargan?
- In the 2010 Census, 53% of people named Dargan identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 40% as white (not Hispanic).
- What type of surname is Dargan?
- Dargan is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
- Is the surname Dargan getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,628 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,884 in 2010, up 16%.