McGowan
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editAnglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Gobhainn and Irish Mac Gabhann (literally “son of the smith”). Compare Scottish Gaelic gobha (“smith”).
Proper noun
editMcGowan (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: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 554.