Colgan
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English[edit]
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 City: 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