Regan Family History
Regan Name Meaning
Irish: reduced form of O’Regan, an Anglicized form of Gaelic
Ó Ríagáin ‘descendant of Riagán’, a personal
name of uncertain origin, perhaps akin to ríodhgach
‘impulsive’, ‘furious’. See also Ryan.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Regan
Name Distribution of Regan Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Regan families
 399 - 795  134 - 398 |
 1 - 133  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Regan families
|
57 - 112 20 - 56 |
1 - 19 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Regan census records
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Regan Family Origin
Regan Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Regan Emigration Information (AU)
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to Australia.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Regan Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Regan census records
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Military Service by Regan
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