The Dagon surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 251 people carried this name — #76,533 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,111,100 people counted. That is up 9% from 231 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 203 people named Dagon.
7 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 34 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
111 people named Dagon live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Dagon,
with a public archive behind them.
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Zilla Dagon 1944– · writer
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Gadi Dagon 1957–2021 · photographer
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Étienne Dagon 1960– · swimmer
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Dagon.
When the index is not enough
This page says where Dagon is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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