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

Denegan has its highest incidence in The United States. It may also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Denegan? popularity and diffusion

The last name Denegan is the 6,360,413th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name Denegan occurs mostly in The Americas, where 56 percent of Denegan reside; 44 percent reside in West Africa and 44 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

Denegan is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 90,614,733. In The United States it is most frequent in: Indiana, where 50 percent are found, Florida, where 25 percent are found and Georgia, where 25 percent are found. Outside of The United States this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 33 percent are found and Brazil, where 11 percent are found.

Denegan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Denegan has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name decreased 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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