Gowan

See also: gowan

English

Etymology

Shortened form of McGowan.

Proper noun

Gowan (plural Gowans)

1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Gowan is the 10829^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2941 individuals. Gowan is most common among White (90.68%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Gowan”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 71.

Anagrams

• wagon, Wagon, Wogan, wango, wonga