Dinan is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Dinan
No. of characters: 5
Origin: England
Meaning:

A town in Brittany, whose viscounts, dating from the end of the tenth century, became ancestors of several noble houses in France, and of Foulke de Dinan, a baron by tenure under the Conqueror. His posterity were barons by writ from 1295 to 1509. The name has been wonderfully corrupted, having gone through the following changes: Dinan, Dinant, Dynaunt, Dynham, Dymant, Deimond, Dyamond, Deyman, and Dayman.

Dinan is form of the Dignum. Grandson of little Dubhceann meaning "black head".

Dinan is a form of Dinham. A hamlet in Monmouthshire.

How popular is Dinan?

Dinan is common in United States, Benin, Pakistan, Thailand, Ireland, England, Canada, Australia, Ivory Coast, Indonesia.

Dinan is ranked 76391 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Dinan bearers increased by 4.72 per cent in 2010 US census to 1642 since 2000, the surname slipped by 480 spots and ranked at 17249. The last name was found in around 6 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 88.79 95.66
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 4.99 1.79
Hispanic or Latino 3.41 0
Others 1.46 1.02
Dinan is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Seychelles is ahead in terms of density. Around 6416 people have been found who wears Dinan as their family name. Dinan is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Dinan:
18,108 United States1,999
1,163 Benin1,226
Countries with hundreds of Dinan:
4,971 Pakistan872
19,221 Thailand556
1,435 Ireland413
18,955 England246
16,119 Canada231
14,802 Australia197
5,978 Ivory Coast190
83,147 Indonesia113
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
4,527 Mauritius57
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
33,828 Malaysia41
286,670 India40
15,192 New Zealand37
566 Seychelles29
158,601 Nigeria26
97,520 Turkey20
219,029 France19
489 Cayman Islands17
123,156 South Africa15
16,471 Scotland14
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
94,851 Papua New Guinea9
21,198 Wales7
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 40 years old workman Michael Dinan who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on February 27, 1849 by Arrick put out from Limerick. Workman Patrick Dinan, 50 years old Bridget Dinan, Farmer Patrick Dinan, Workman Michael Dinan, Ellen Dinan (28) Spinster, Infant Dan Dinan, Farmer John Dinan, Bridget Dinan (20) Maid, and 7 other Dinan around 41.67% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer and servant migrated to US from Limerick, Cork and Liverpool.

Dinan Namesakes

  • Desmond Dinan, author of a number of textbooks on European integration and its history

Dinan Namesakes

  • Desmond Dinan, author of a number of textbooks on European integration and its history

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