Colgan
English
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Alternative forms
[edit]- (surname): Colligan
Etymology
[edit]Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Colgáin (“descendant of Colgán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive form of colg (“thorn; sword”).
Proper noun
[edit]Colgan (countable and uncountable, plural Colgans)
- A surname from Irish.
- An unincorporated community in Divide County, North Dakota, United States.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Colgan is the 8965th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3651 individuals. Colgan is most common among White (95.51%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Colgan”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 354.
Anagrams
[edit]Categories:
- English terms derived from Irish
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from Irish
- en:Unincorporated communities in North Dakota, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in the United States
- en:Places in North Dakota, USA
- en:Places in the United States