McGuigan

English

Alternative forms

• McFeggan

Etymology

Anglicized form of Northern Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Uiginn (“son of the viking”), from uiging (“Viking; pirate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /məˈɡwɪɡən/

Proper noun

McGuigan (plural McGuigans)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, McGuigan is the 8975^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3646 individuals. McGuigan is most common among White (95.23%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McGuigan”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 555.