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There are approximately 5,850 people named Fagan in the UK. That makes it the 1,783rd most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 93 are named Fagan.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

Ireland

Language of origin

Gaelic

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

Celtic


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The Fagan surname in historical dictionaries

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857)

(origin: Gaelic.) A beech-tree. The Fagans were descended from Patrick O'Hagan, living A.D. 1180. O'Hagan, the posterity of Agan. Ogan, Ogyn, or Hogyn signifies, in the Welsh, young, a youth. Gaelic, Og, a young man.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

FAGAN. A corruption of the patronymical O'Hagan. The Fagans of Feltrim, CO. Cork, deduce themselves from Patrick 0"Hagan, who opposed the invasion of Ireland by the Anglo-Normans in the XII. cent. SeeB.L.G.

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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