Dignan Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 21
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 1
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 2
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Dignan Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Dignan family

Profession Census Frequency
Labourer 3
Block Maker Journeyman 1
Draper Apprentice 1
Lab 1
News Paper Reporter 1
Printer J 1
Servant 1
Tailor 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Dignan

Name Census Frequency
Mary Dignan 50
James Dignan 34
John Dignan 34
Catherine Dignan 29
Patrick Dignan 28
Thomas Dignan 25
Michael Dignan 24
Ann Dignan 18
Margaret Dignan 17
Bridget Dignan 16
William Dignan 15
Elizabeth Dignan 14
Annie Dignan 12
Joseph Dignan 9
Peter Dignan 9
Ellen Dignan 8
Jane Dignan 8
Sarah Dignan 8
Edward Dignan 6
Agnes Dignan 5
Francis Dignan 5
Anne Dignan 4
Bernard Dignan 4
Eliza Dignan 4
Hannah Dignan 4

Dignan Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Degnan 83% 558
2 Dignan 100% 524
3 Dagnan 83% 167

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The surname Dignan is the 2nd most popular variant of Degnan.

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