Colgan

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)

1. A surname from Irish.
2. An unincorporated community in Divide County, North Dakota, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Colgan is the 8965^th 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.

Anagrams

• galcon