McColgan

English

Etymology

Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Colgan (“son of Colga”), a personal name based on colg (“sword”).

Proper noun

McColgan (plural McColgans)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, McColgan is the 21660^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1203 individuals. McColgan is most common among White (93.35%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McColgan”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 547.