Last Name EGAN

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Meaning	From 'Eigin,' force, violence; hence, strong-handed, active. The name may be local, and named from Agen, a town in Guienne, France; also 'Agen,' Welsh, local, a cleft.

Origin	Gaelic, Irish, Hungarian

Rank	1,458 (2000 US census)	1,621 (1990 US census)

Count	22,491 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

96.12%, or 21618 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
0.44%, or 99 total occurrences, as black,
0.5%, or 112 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.4%, or 90 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1%, or 225 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.54%, or 346 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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