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Darcy Surname Meaning

English (Lancashire) and Irish: of Norman origin a habitational name from Arcy in Manche France with fused preposition d(e) ‘from’. Irish: in Ireland this is generally the Norman name established in Meath by Sir William D'Arcy in the 1360s.

However, it was also adopted for Ó Dorchaidhe ‘descendant of the dark one’ from dorcha ‘dark gloomy’. This was a Connacht name that fell together with the Norman surname.

The Norman surname was introduced by Sir William D'Arcy and Sir John D'Arcy, Chief Justiciar of Ireland in the 14th century.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022

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You can see how Darcy families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Darcy family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Darcy families were found in United Kingdom in 1891. In 1911 there were 60 Darcy families living in Ontario. This was about 46% of all the recorded Darcy's in Canada. Ontario had the highest population of Darcy families in 1911.

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Between 1944 and 2004, in the United States, Darcy life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1959, and highest in 2004. The average life expectancy for Darcy in 1944 was 39, and 80 in 2004.

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