McGovern

English

Etymology

Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Samhradháin (“son of Samhradhán”), diminutive of samhradh (“summer”).

Proper noun

McGovern (countable and uncountable, plural McGoverns)

1. A surname from Irish or Scottish Gaelic.
   • 1907, Emerson Hough, The Way of a Man‎^[1]:

     There stood old Mandy McGovern, her long brown rifle half raised, her finger lying sophisticatedly along the trigger guard, that she might not touch the hair trigger.

2. A census-designated place in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, McGovern is the 2095^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 17257 individuals. McGovern is most common among White (94.81%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McGovern”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 554.