Coogan
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Cogadháin (“son of Cogadhán”), a diminutive from a reduced form of the personal name Cúchogaidh, which is composed of the elements cú (“hound”) and cogadh (“war”).
Proper noun edit
Coogan (plural Coogans)
- A surname from Irish.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Coogan is the 11463rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2748 individuals. Coogan is most common among White (95.71%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Coogan”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 363.