Deacon Family History
Deacon Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a deacon, or perhaps more
probably for his servant. In Middle English two forms coalesced:
deakne, from Old English, and diacne, from Old
French. Both are ultimately from Late Latin diaconus, from
Greek diakonos ‘servant’.Irish: when not of English
origin; it was taken to Ireland in the 17th century, it may be an
Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Deocáin ‘descendant of
Deocán’, a personal name of uncertain derivation and
meaning.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Deacon Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Deacon families
 35 - 68  12 - 34 |
 1 - 11  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Deacon families
|
402 - 801 135 - 401 |
1 - 134 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Deacon families
|
16 - 30 6 - 15 |
1 - 5 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Deacon Family Origin
Deacon Immigration Information
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Deacon Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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