McGowan
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Gobhainn and Irish Mac Gabhainn (“son of the smith”). Compare Scottish Gaelic gobha (“smith”).
Proper noun edit
McGowan (plural McGowans)
- A surname.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, McGowan is the 1046th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 33340 individuals. McGowan is most common among White (75.15%) and Black/African American (19.5%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McGowan”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 554.