Last Name PAGAN

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Meaning	The son of Pagan. A very well known font-name in the 13th century, and earlier, leaving a large legacy to English directories in the shape of Paine, Payn, Payne, and their other forms. The surname has been gradually shuffled off or changed into Paine, Payne, etc, the bearers not caring to be som entitled.

Origin	English, Spanish, Irish, Belgian, Hungarian

Rank	1,593 (2000 US census)	1,206 (1990 US census)

Count	20,702 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

15.18%, or 3143 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
2.39%, or 495 total occurrences, as black,
0.71%, or 147 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.13%, or 27 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
0.72%, or 149 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
80.87%, or 16742 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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