Frequency: (225)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
French: 1. status or occupational name from agent ‘agent’, ‘representative’. 2. Americanized spelling (in New Orleans) of French Ajean, (enfant) à Jean ‘(child) of John’.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
