Dargan
English edit
Etymology edit
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Deargáin (“descendant of Deargán”), a byname from dearg (“red”) + -án (“diminutive suffix”).
Proper noun edit
Dargan (countable and uncountable, plural Dargans)
- A surname from Irish.
- A census-designated place in Washington County, Maryland, United States.
Statistics edit
- 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 edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Dargan”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 412.