Argentan Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Argentan Surname Definition:
Argentan: in Leland, Argenteyn. From a castle in Berry. David d’Argentun held lands in Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire (Domesday). Modern surname, Argent.
Argentan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 7 | 1:9,488,960 | 336,266 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Argentan Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Argentan: in Leland, Argenteyn. From a castle in Berry. David d’Argentun held lands in Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire (Domesday). Modern surname, Argent.
Argentan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Argentan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Argentan occurs in France more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Argentan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,723,624th most commonly occurring family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 88 percent of Argentan are found; 88 percent are found in Western Europe and 88 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.
The surname is most frequently held in France, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 9,488,960. In France Argentan is mostly concentrated in: Normandy, where 100 percent are found. Other than France this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Brazil, where 13 percent are found.
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Footnotes
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