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    The surname Duignan

    An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 584 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D255

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Duignan is more common than 76.6% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Duibhgeannáin (“descendant of Duibhgeannán”), a personal name composed of the elements dubh (“black”) and a diminutive form of ceann (“head”).

    Duignan 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 584 people named Duignan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 528,674 Americans. That is up 8.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 539.

    #37,993
    rank among US surnames
    584
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.3%
    change since 2000 (was #38,587)

    Who is named Duignan

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

    92% of people named Duignan identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.3%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
    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 Duignan

    Duignan has the Soundex code D255, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D255.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Duignan come from?
    Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Duibhgeannáin (“descendant of Duibhgeannán”), a personal name composed of the elements dubh (“black”) and a diminutive form of ceann (“head”).
    How common is the surname Duignan?
    584 people in the United States had the surname Duignan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 528,674 Americans. It ranked 37,993rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Duignan?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Duignan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Duignan?
    Duignan is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Duignan getting more or less common?
    More common. 539 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 584 in 2010, up 8.3%.