Dagan

See also: dagan

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew דָּגָן (dagán, “grain, corn”), probably a metonymic occupational surname.

Proper noun

Dagan (plural Dagans)

1. A surname from Hebrew.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Dagan is the 40672^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 537 individuals. Dagan is most common among White (73.56%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (14.15%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Dagan”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 402.

Anagrams

• Ganda, Adang, Nagda