Colgan
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English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Colligan
Etymology
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Colgáin (“descendant of Colgán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive form of colg (“thorn; sword”).
Proper noun
Colgan (countable and uncountable, plural Colgans)
- A surname from Irish.
- An unincorporated community in Divide County, North Dakota, United States.
Statistics
- 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
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Colgan”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 354.