The Dorgan surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,688 people carried this name — #16,881 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 175,400 people counted. That is up 2% from 1,653 in 2000.
In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890
Ireland registered 13 births for the Dorgan name in 1890.
Most were registered in Munster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 600 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. The Registrar-General’s note on the name: “9 in Cork.”
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born, 1890
Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 192 people named Dorgan live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 65 people named Dorgan.
Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Gers.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Dorgan in American newspapers,
1918–1923.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 13,829 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Dorgan,
with a public archive behind them.
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Mike Dorgan 1853–1909 · baseball player -
Tad Dorgan 1877–1929 · screenwriter -
James Dorgan d. 1935
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Hyacinthe Dorgan 1811–1846 · priest
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Jerry Dorgan 1856–1891 · baseball player
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John L. Dorgan 1879–2000 · bookbinder
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Dorgan.
- Dorado 5,345 · U.S. census
- Doray 189 · U.S. census
- Dore 5,075 · U.S. census
- Doree 159 · U.S. census
- Doremus 1,418 · U.S. census
- Dorey 1,639 · U.S. census
- Dori 238 · U.S. census
- Doria 3,074 · U.S. census
- Dorian 967 · U.S. census
- Dorie 154 · U.S. census
- Dorilas 139 · U.S. census
- Dorin 441 · U.S. census
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