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The dempsey Surname

dempsey Name Meaning and History

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Díomasaigh ‘descendant of Díomasach’, a byname meaning ‘proud’, ‘haughty’, from díomas ‘pride’. The name was occasionally Anglicized as Proudman (see Proud). Compare McGimsey.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The dempsey name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the dempsey family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of dempsey Families in the US in 1920
Number of dempsey families
 337-672
 113-336		 1-112
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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