Regan Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 7
Buckinghamshire 6
Berkshire 6
Cambridgeshire 1
Channel Islands 2
Cheshire 127
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 10
Derbyshire 28
Devon 36
Dorset 8
Durham 85
Essex 87
Gloucestershire 52
Hampshire 51
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 2
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 3
Kent 61
Lancashire 790
Leicestershire 3
Lincolnshire 2
London 832
Middlesex 47
Northumberland 32
Norfolk 1
Northamptonshire 1
Nottinghamshire 8
Oxfordshire 4
Rutland 0
Shropshire 1
Suffolk 3
Somerset 5
Surrey 34
Sussex 15
Staffordshire 111
Warwickshire 66
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 10
Worcestershire 2
Yorkshire 238

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 12
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 3
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 308
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 6
Monmouthshire 76
Pembrokeshire 6
Radnorshire 0

Regan Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Regan family

Profession Census Frequency
General Labourer 77
Dock Labourer 29
Dress Maker 29
Cotton Weaver 25
Scholar 22
General Servant Domestic 20
Domestic Servant 17
Bricklayer Labourer 16
Charwoman 15
Cook Domestic 14
Coal Hewer 14
Labourer 11
Laundress Wash 11
School 11
Farm Labourer 11
Servant Domestic 10
Brick Layer 9
Hawker 9
Living On Own Means 9
Tailoress 9
Laundress 8
Agricultural Labourer 8
Coal Miner Hewer 8
Cotton Spinner 8
Ordinary Agricultural Labourer 8

Most Frequent Forenames for Regan

Name Census Frequency
Mary Regan 1,987
John Regan 1,742
James Regan 837
William Regan 742
Thomas Regan 705
Ellen Regan 701
Catherine Regan 664
Margaret Regan 651
Patrick Regan 619
Michael Regan 549
Elizabeth Regan 496
Daniel Regan 373
Ann Regan 352
Bridget Regan 322
Annie Regan 301
Edward Regan 294
Sarah Regan 266
Charles Regan 213
Jane Regan 211
Timothy Regan 197
Joseph Regan 195
Julia Regan 178
Hannah Regan 163
Martin Regan 158
George Regan 157

Regan Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Regan 100% 19,017
2 Organ 60% 9,139
3 Rogan 80% 5,119
4 Ragan 80% 4,334
5 Rigan 80% 596
6 Rogen 60% 578
7 Reagan 83% 530
8 Reegan 83% 403
9 Rugen 60% 298
10 Regon 80% 276
11 Ragen 60% 263
12 Ragon 60% 198
13 Rigen 60% 165
14 Ragin 60% 160
15 Oregan 83% 145
16 Rugan 80% 116
17 Regen 80% 111

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The surname Regan is the most popular version of all its varients

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