Duncan Family History
Duncan Name Meaning
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.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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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Duncan
Name Distribution of Duncan Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Duncan families
 462 - 921  155 - 461 |
 1 - 154  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Duncan families
|
1,535 - 3,068 512 - 1,534 |
1 - 511 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Duncan Family Origin
Duncan Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Duncan Emigration Information (AU)
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Duncan Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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