Gaughan
English
editEtymology
editReduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Gaoithin.
Proper noun
editGaughan (plural Gaughans)
- A surname from Irish.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Gaughan is the 9496th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3423 individuals. Gaughan is most common among White (95.41%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Gaughan”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 22.