Degnan is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Degnan
No. of characters: 6
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Degnan

How popular is Degnan?

Degnan is common in United States.

Degnan is ranked 100453 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Degnan bearers increased by 3.998368 per cent in 2010 US census to 2549 since 2000, the surname slipped by 496 spots and ranked at 12215. The last name was found in around 9 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.14 96.25
Hispanic or Latino 2.16 1.18
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.1 0.61
Others 0.9 1.1
Degnan is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in United States. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Scotland. Around 4168 people have been found who wears Degnan as their family name. Degnan is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
3,259 Ivory Coast5
46,707 New Zealand5
9,097 Wales3
131,225 Spain2
118,441 Germany2
82,478 South Africa2
28,746 Algeria1
810,193 Indonesia1
897,276 Russia1
277,603 France1
37,493 Austria1
16,640 Hong Kong1
9,498 Iceland1
153,416 Italy1
6,212 Jamaica1
10,958 Bangladesh1
6,688 Malawi1
118,015 Netherlands1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
28,365 Kenya1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
9,692 Ireland27
37,982 United Arab Emirates23
116,847 Canada21
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
24,811 Australia97
Countries with hundreds of Degnan:
16,099 England350
3,830 Scotland158
Countries with thousands of Degnan:
10,518 United States3,459
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Francis Degnan was 20 years old when he migrated to New-York during Irish famine on March 27, 1846. He lived in Great Britain where he worked as workman and took St. Patrick from Liverpool. Workman Tiddy Degnan, Margret Degnan (37) Workwoman, Mary Degnan, aged 2, Infant Cathe. Degnan, Patt Degnan (20) Farmer, 3 years old Catherine Degnan, 26 years old Michael Degnan, 20 years old Mary Degnan, and 86 other Degnan around 53.85% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer and servant, spinster migrated to US.

Degnan Namesakes

  • Steven Degnan, Soccer player
  • Tom Degnan, Actor
  • Coleen Degnan-Veness, Author
  • Tom Degnan, Actor
  • Daniel Degnan, from 2019 horror film Greywood's Plot, who characterized the Doug Greywood.

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