Last name: PHELAN
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Last name frequency
PHELAN : This last name is indexed 68,321 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
PHELAN : Irish:: 1: Anglicized form of Ó Faoláin ‘descendant of Faolán’ see Whelan.2: Anglicized form of Ó Fialáin ‘descendant of Fialán’ a personal name representing a diminutive of fial meaning ‘generous’ or ‘modest honourable’. This is the surname of a bardic family in northern Ireland.
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