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O'dean Name Meaning

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Déaghain ‘descendant of the deacon’.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press


Similar surnames: O'dea, O'ryan, O'hearn, O'regan, O'day, Dean, Dwan, Mckean, Bean

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You can see how O'dean families moved over time by selecting different census years. The O'dean family name was found in the USA in 1880. In 1880 there was 1 O'dean family living in Pennsylvania. This was 100% of all the recorded O'dean's in USA. Pennsylvania had the highest population of O'dean families in 1880.
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There are 230 military records available for the last name O'dean. For the veterans among your O'dean ancestors, military collections provide insights into where and when they served, and even physical descriptions.

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