Dugan is used as a family name or surname in Gaelic. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Dugan
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Gaelic
Meaning: In Gaelic, Dugan means the son of Dhu, or the dark haired

How popular is Dugan?

Dugan is common in United States.

Dugan is ranked 15600 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Dugan bearers increased by 0.8839987 per cent in 2010 US census to 21455 since 2000, the surname slipped by 132 spots and ranked at 1679. The last name was found in around 73 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 91.1 92.74
Black 3.22 3.02
Hispanic or Latino 2.69 2.01
Others 1.52 1.09
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.99 0.63
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.48 0.52
Dugan is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Northern Ireland is ahead in terms of density. Around 33702 people have been found who wears Dugan as their family name. Dugan is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
96,935 Spain10
28,661 Serbia8
7,031 China6
122,390 Belarus4
11,480 Japan4
19,452 Malaysia3
67,494 South Africa3
4,138 Bahrain3
5,332 Estonia3
78,945 Argentina3
6,270 Hong Kong3
119,730 Brazil3
50,640 Switzerland2
219,873 France2
24,269 Peru2
26,532 Chile2
44,018 Poland2
1,333 Guam2
23,858 Iran2
10,683 Cyprus1
49,101 Denmark1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
16,073 Latvia1
16,228 Bulgaria1
4,942 Libya1
2,211 Brunei1
37,493 Austria1
1,542 Andorra1
30,360 Thailand1
18,969 Wales1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
3,993 El Salvador1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
49,529 Israel1
2,057 Myanmar1
20,172 Hungary1
21,562 Portugal1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
2,232 French Polynesia1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
25,746 Finland1
77,122 Sweden1
5,553 Taiwan1
11,831 Tajikistan1
6,149 Ethiopia1
13,447 Uganda1
53,033 Nigeria1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
280,332 India40
17,488 Norway39
227,547 Indonesia28
9,692 Ireland27
11,685 Singapore24
78,557 Netherlands13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
5,546 Scotland98
9,526 Croatia78
10,487 New Zealand64
15,508 United Arab Emirates61
Countries with hundreds of Dugan:
10,246 England624
5,696 Australia518
9,707 Canada410
6,557 Ghana399
17,783 Ukraine318
1,132 Northern Ireland262
16,087 Mexico236
70,422 Russia184
71,225 Germany134
53,156 Italy134
4,730 Moldova119
17,090 Romania104
Countries with thousands of Dugan:
6,305 Philippines2,256
4,463 Turkey2,096
Countries with ten thousands of Dugan:
1,547 United States25,341
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 15 years old workman Jeremiah Dugan who was residing in Great Britain migrated to USA on May 14, 1846 by John Clark put out from Liverpool. Cornelius Dugan, aged 10, John Dugan, John Dugan (20) Workman, Workwoman May Dugan, Michael Dugan, aged 35, John Dugan (32) Workman, 25 years old James Dugan, Workwoman Jane Dugan, and 323 other Dugan around 61.4% of whom were workman while others worked as weaver and farmer, servant, spinster, lady migrated to US.

Dugan Namesakes

  • Fred Dugan, Football player
  • Dennis Dugan, Actor
  • Dan Dugan, Audio Engineer
  • Chris Dugan, Audio Engineer
  • Mario Alvarez Dugan, Journalist
  • John Dugan, Actor
  • Dennis Dugan, Actor
  • Raymond Smith Dugan, Astronomer
  • Dennis Dugan, Actor
  • Dennis Dugan, Actor
  • In 2011, Keith Dugan portrayed the role of The Suit in horror flick Fantastic Tales Of The Unknown: The Movie.

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