as a Last Name
- 3,439
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Colgan
Meaning & Origins
Irish and Scottish: reduced form of McColgan, or an Americanized form of Irish Ó Colgáin ‘descendant of Colga’, a personal name based on colg ‘thorn’, ‘sword’.
| 8,272nd in the U.S. for 2011 |
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Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 3,439
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Vermont
- has the most people named Colgan per capita
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