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There are approximately 438 people named Dinan in the UK. That makes it the 11,097th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 7 are named Dinan.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

Ireland

Language of origin

Gaelic

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

Celtic


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The Dinan surname in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

DINAN. A town in Brittany, whose viscounts, dating from the end of the tenth century, became ancestors of several noble houses in France, and of Foulke de Dinan, a baron by tenure under the Conqueror. His posterity were barons by writ from 1295 to 1509. The name has been wondei-fully corrupted, having gone through the following changes : Dinan, Dinant, DjTiaunt, Dynliam, Dymaut, Deimoud, Dyamond, Deyman, and Dayman.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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