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dempsey Name Meaning and History

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Díomasaigh ‘descendant of Díomasach’, a byname meaning ‘proud’, ‘haughty’, from díomas ‘pride’. The name was occasionally Anglicized as Proudman (see Proud). Compare McGimsey.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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dempsey Family Facts

Distribution of dempsey Families in the US in 1920
Number of dempsey families
 337-672
 113-336
 1-112
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Compiled by Ancestry.com.au from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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