Durcan

given name · Latin script

Meaning: ‘son of Duarcdn’, a byname representing a dim

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/duɾʒan/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Durcan is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Türkiye than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • TRTürkiye≈1 in 49K(inferred from the name graph)
  • CYCyprus≈1 in 273K
  • CHSwitzerland≈1 in 3.8M

carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Türkiye (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,700 people, est.

Sources
23 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 49K (inferred from the name graph)

Türkiye, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

‘son of Duarcdn’, a byname representing a dim. of duairc surly. Vars.: Durkan, Durkin. Durden see Dearden

Sources 1

  • The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles

Where in the world(measured from records)

Durcan counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Durcan is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
TR Türkiye≈1,700 est.≈1 in 49K—Durcan23
CY Cyprus≈5 est.≈1 in 273K—Durcan3
CH Switzerland≈2 est.≈1 in 3.8M—Durcan3
TM Turkmenistan≈1 est.≈1 in 5M—Durcan3
NL Netherlands≈1 est.≈1 in 15M13—3

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Durcan is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • German given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Germany, United States, Austria

    Languages: German, English

    Also written Dürcan, Duercan

  • Spanish given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Venezuela

    Also written Dürcan, Durcán

  • Arabic given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Afghanistan

    Also written Durçan, Dürcan, Ďurčan

  • Slovak surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Slovakia, Czechia

    Languages: Slovak, Czech

    Also written Ďurčan, Durčan, Ďurcan

34 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Durcan is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • ‘son of Duarcan’, a byname representing a dim. of duairc surly. Vars.: Durkan, Durkin.

    as a nameA dictionary of surnames

  • In Turkish, "Yaşa, uzun ömürlü ol" anlamında kullanılan bir ad.

    as a wordTDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

175018001850190019502000Patrick Durcan, b. 1790Thomas Durcan, b. 1920Paul Durcan, b. 1944Patrick Durcan, b. 1951Mark Durcan, b. 1961Ted E. Durcan, b. 1973Paul Durcan, b. 1984Peter Durcan, b. 1986

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalMerhaba Durcan,Hi Durcan, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 11 sources across 4 countries.

Official registers attesting Durcan
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
NL NetherlandsCBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007)200713#59,064

Reference works 4

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Where does the name Durcan come from?
‘son of Duarcdn’, a byname representing a dim. of duairc surly. Vars.: Durkan, Durkin. Durden see Dearden Recorded by The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles.
How do you pronounce Durcan?
A machine transcription gives /duɾʒan/ (IPA) for Turkish.
What does the name Durcan mean?
Recorded meaning: ‘son of Duarcdn’, a byname representing a dim.
Is Durcan a male or female name?
Durcan is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Durcan have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.7 thousand people named Durcan in Türkiye, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled durcan.
How common is the name Durcan?
Mondonomo estimates about 1,700 people in Türkiye have Durcan as their first given name, about 1 in 49 thousand residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Durcan”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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