Denegan Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Ivory Coast

Denegan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Denegan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States121:4,184,890180,076

Denegan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Denegan Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Denegan occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Denegan click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Denegan? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,360,413th most frequently used last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname Denegan is predominantly found in The Americas, where 56 percent of Denegan live; 44 percent live in West Africa and 44 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 90,614,733. In The United States Denegan is primarily concentrated in: Indiana, where 50 percent live, Florida, where 25 percent live and Georgia, where 25 percent live. Beside The United States Denegan exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 33 percent live and Brazil, where 11 percent live.

Denegan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Denegan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Denegan last name fell 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Donegan8611,146/
Denagan86331/
Denigan86176/
Dinegan8616/
Denogan868/
Denegon861/
Danegan860/
Donnegan80128/
Doneghan8067/
Donegain8017/
Dengigan801/
Doneigan800/
Dannegan800/
Denighan800/
Donhegan800/
Deunnigan751/
Donigan71778/
Donagan7190/
Dinogan7168/
Donegon7153/
Danagan7113/
Danigan7112/
Dinigan718/
Dinagan717/
Donogan714/
Danogan711/
Denigam710/
Denagon710/
Denigon710/
Dhanagan67116/
Donnigan67105/
Donagain6735/
Dingigan6732/
Donaghan6724/
Donigain6716/
Dinaganh6711/
Donnagan675/
Danhogan672/
Dannigan671/
Dannagan671/
Donighan671/
Diniogan671/
Dinaghan670/
Donnogan670/
Donnegon670/
Donoghan670/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Denegan
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