Clingan

English

Etymology

Celtic (Scottish Gaelic and northern Irish) surname reduced from mac clingan, Anglicized from mac gilla Fhinnéin (“son of the servant of (Saint) Finnian”), also Anglicized as mac Alingen.

Proper noun

Clingan (plural Clingans)

1. A surname.

Derived terms

• Klingon

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Clingan is the 15995^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1815 individuals. Clingan is most common among White (94.49%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Clingan”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 345.
• Forebears

Anagrams

• Lancing, Lincang, lancing