Popularity of the last name by country
Canada
- Ontario (2,848)
- Québec (641)
- British Columbia (558)
- Nova Scotia (365)
- Manitoba (319)
- New Brunswick (237)
- Alberta (212)
- Saskatchewan (118)
- Prince Edward Island (107)
- Newfoundland and Labrador (13)
- Yukon (4)
- North West Territories (3)
All countries
- United Kingdom (212,535)
- United States (146,231)
- New Zealand (23,476)
- Australia (14,434)
- Ireland (13,581)
- Canada (7,559)
- France (6,370)
- Unknown country (2,211)
- Italy (1,099)
- Netherlands (901)
- Germany (736)
- Denmark (478)
- India (471)
- Switzerland (416)
- Spain (414)
- Russian Federation (300)
- Belgium (285)
- Colombia (270)
- Sweden (266)
- South Africa (152)
- Jamaica (139)
- Gibraltar (130)
- Mexico (129)
- China (124)
- Finland (109)
- Argentina (107)
- Austria (106)
- Greece (94)
- Egypt (92)
- Haiti (75)
- Turkey (69)
- Poland (60)
- Algeria (55)
- Czech republic (52)
- Paraguay (51)
- Chile (47)
- Peru (47)
- Ukraine (45)
- Estonia (37)
- Indonesia (36)
Origine of last name
DUNCAN : 1: Scottish: from the Older Scots personal name Dunecan itself from the traditional Irish royal name Donnchad(h) derived from donn ‘brown-haired’ + cath ‘battle’. Judging by the Scots form the Scottish Gaelic intermediary seems to have been understood as containing ceann ‘head’ as if the whole name meant ‘brown head’; compare sense 2. In Ireland the name was Anglicized as Donagh or Donaghue. Compare <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Donahue">Donahue</a>.2: Irish: used as an Anglicized equivalent of Gaelic Ó Duinnchinn ‘descendant of Donncheann’ a byname composed of the elements donn ‘brown-haired man’ or ‘chieftain’ + ceann ‘head’.
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