Clingan
English edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Clingan (plural Clingans)
- A surname.
Derived terms edit
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Clingan is the 15995th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1815 individuals. Clingan is most common among White (94.49%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Clingan”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 345.
- Forebears