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duncan Name Meaning and History

  1. Scottish and Irish (of Scottish origin): from the Gaelic personal name Donnchadh, composed of the elements donn ‘brown-haired man’ or ‘chieftain’ + a derivative of cath ‘battle’, Anglicized in Ireland as Donagh or Donaghue. Compare Donahue.
  2. Irish (Sligo): used as an Anglicized equivalent of Gaelic Ó Duinnchinn ‘descendant of Donncheann’, a byname composed of the elements donn ‘brown-haired man’ or ‘chieftain’ + ceann ‘head’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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duncan Family Facts

Distribution of duncan Families in the US in 1920
Number of duncan families
 500-997
 167-499		 1-166
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Compiled by Ancestry.co.uk from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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