Gaughan

English

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Gaoithin.

Proper noun

Gaughan (plural Gaughans)

1. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Gaughan is the 9496^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3423 individuals. Gaughan is most common among White (95.41%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Gaughan”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 22.