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Dear John William,
More interesting information about the name Dungan.
So far I cannot find the name Dungan on any list of
names or in a surname dictionary as a line item. The
only place I've found it is in footnotes, as follows:
A Dictionary of Surnames, Hanks & Hodges
DONEGAN
Irish: Anglicized form of Gael. O Donnagain
'descendant of Donnagan', a personal name from a
dim. of donn brown, dark (see Dunn 1).
Vars. : Dunnigan, Doonican, Dunegain(e), *Duncan*;
O'Donegan, O'Donegaine, * O'Dungan *.
DUNCAN
Scots and Irish : 1. Anglicized form of Gael.
Duinnchinn, a byname composed of the elements
donn dark, brown (see Dunn 1) + ceann head.
2. *Var. of Donegan*.
Pats. (from 1) : Duncanson, Dunkinson.
DUNG
Low German : topographic name for someone
who lived on a piece of raised dry land in marshy
surroundings, or habitation name from any of the
various places named with the dial. term for such a
patch of land.
Vars. : Dungs, *Dungen*, Dunk, Donk; Dunkmann,
Von der Dunk.
Cogns. : Du. : Van Dongen, Van Donks.
At this point the name could be either Irish (Celtic, Gael)
or Anglo Saxon. Once again, the Germans probably come
from Celtic roots as well, therefore some words may mean
the same in the ancient Tuetonic and ancient Celtic.
Websters Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, p. 913
Teuton, Teutonic [Latin Teutoni, pl.] 1 : a member
of an ancient prob. Germanic* or Celtic* people.
Mike
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