Fagan Family History
- Fagan Name Meaning
- Gaelicized version of a surname of Norman origin, from the personal name Pagan meaning ‘rustic’. in some cases it is a reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Fágáin or Ó Faodhagáin, which are probably dialect forms of Ó hÓgáin (see Hogan, Hagan) and Ó hAodhagáin (see Hagan). Irish lenited f (spelled fh) is soundless, and a number of words beginning with vowels have gained an initial f in some dialects; such seems to be the case here. occasionally an Anglicized form of Mac Phaidín (see McFadden) or Ó Fiacháin (see Feehan).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 591,704 Historical Documents with Fagan on Ancestry
- 235,572 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 135,794 Census and Voter Lists
- 30,861 Military Records
- 25,925 Immigration Records
- 163,552 Member Trees
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Number of Fagan families
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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64 - 125 22 - 63 |
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the New York Passenger Lists
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
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from 1881 UK Census Data
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