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Began Surname Meaning

Irish: from Ó Beagáin ‘descendant of Beagán’ a personal name from a diminutive of beag ‘small’. The name has been Anglicized as Little, Lyttle, and Littleton.

Slovak (mainly Begáň also Begán): dialect variant of Behan a cognate of 3 below.

Slovenian: nickname derived from beg ‘escape getaway’ or from begati ‘to run about’. This surname is very rare in Slovenia.

Croatian: from the old personal name Began derived from begati ‘to flee to run away’. Alternatively, a surname originating from the times of the Turkish occupation of the Balkans ultimately derived from the Turkish title of respect beg (see Beg).

This surname is very rare in Croatia; in North America it may hence also be a shortened form of the Croatian and Serbian patronymic Beganović (see Beganovic).

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022

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Between 1966 and 2004, in the United States, Began life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1996, and highest in 2003. The average life expectancy for Began in 1966 was 58, and 75 in 2004.

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