Dempsey Family History
Dempsey Name Meaning
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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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Dempsey
Name Distribution of Dempsey Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Dempsey families
 337 - 672  113 - 336 |
 1 - 112  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Dempsey families
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322 - 641 108 - 321 |
1 - 107 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Dempsey families
|
103 - 203 35 - 102 |
1 - 34 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Dempsey Family Origin
Dempsey Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Dempsey
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Dempsey Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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