Patten (surname)

Patten is an Irish and British surname.[1]

Origins

Ó Peatáin is now anglicised as Patton in Ulster, and Patten in north Connacht. Ó Peatáin "were a branch of Cenél nEógain in Donegal", with some seemingly dispersed into Connacht as a result of the Ulster Plantations. "Many Pattons in Ulster are of Scottish or English origin", arriving in Ulster during the 1600s with the plantations .

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