Donegan

English

Alternative forms

• Dunnagan

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Donnagáin (“descendant of Donnagán”), a personal name derived from a double diminutive of donn (“brown”).

Proper noun

Donegan (plural Donegans)

1. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Donegan is the 7601^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4372 individuals. Donegan is most common among White (85.68%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Donegan”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 478.

Anagrams

• nonaged