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In all the world, Deacon (Deacon
, 迪肯
, דיקון
, among others...) is a rare male forename. The forename Deacon is habitual in Hong Kong, where it is a rare masculine name, Ghana, and Australia. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in the United States, Nigeria, and Ghana. More prevalently, Deacon is the last name as well as the forename.
Deacon is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Deacon Frost , the fictional character in Marvel comic books; Deacon Blackfire , the DC Comics supervillain, Batman: Arkham Knight; Deacon Owl , the owl from Disney's The Rescuers; Deacon Thumb (a prosperous farmer) , the operatic character in the opera Bilby's Doll and Deacon Osip Nikiforovich , the operatic character in the opera Christmas Eve by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, among other works.