Colgan is used as a family name or surname in Ireland. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Colgan
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Ireland
Meaning:

Colgan is a variant of Quilligan. The son of the bearded man.

Variation of the McColgan. The son of Colga.

How popular is Colgan?

Colgan is common in United States, Ireland, England, Australia, Northern Ireland, Canada, Scotland, New Zealand.

Colgan is ranked 51108 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Colgan bearers increased by 3.78 per cent in 2010 US census to 3651 since 2000, the surname slipped by 358 spots and ranked at 8965. The last name was found in around 1 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.51 96.13
Hispanic or Latino 2.14 1.68
Others 0.96 0.97
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.66 0.54
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.41 0.4
Black 0.33 0.28
Colgan is quite popular family name mostly used in United States however Ireland lie ahead in terms of density. Around 10035 people have been found who wears Colgan as their family name. Colgan is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Colgan:
7,976 United States5,283
545 Ireland1,599
6,370 England1,078
Countries with hundreds of Colgan:
5,906 Australia572
683 Northern Ireland537
9,108 Canada451
2,803 Scotland208
6,411 New Zealand120
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
5,534 Wales50
26,427 Peru14
223,026 Germany12
390,733 Thailand12
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
111,715 Italy10
306,885 France9
30,726 Qatar9

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 32 years old workman Bernard Colgan who was residing in Co.Roscommon, Ireland migrated to Vermont on May 7, 1846 by Macedonia put out from Liverpool. Michael Colgan, aged 20, Immigrant John Colgan, Bernard Colgan (27), 9 years old James Colgan, Tom Colgan (11) Workman, John Colgan (27) Workman, Michael Colgan, aged 25, Mary Colgan, aged 26, and 110 other Colgan around 43.75% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer and spinster, servant, mechanic migrated to US.

From Germany

Laborer Jas. Colgan from Germany aboard the Manhattan from Liverpool & Queenstown. He is registered to be 17 years old when he arrived in USA on April 22, 1873. Jas. Colgan (22) Laborer, Spinster Mary Colgan, are others that migrated to US.

Colgan Namesakes

  • Flavia Colgan, Brazilian - American Democratic strategist
  • John Colgan, Irish Franciscan friar noted as a hagiographer and historian
  • Charles J. Colgan, American politician and businessman
  • Nick Colgan, Irish former professional footballer and goalkeeping coach of Wigan Athletic
  • Jenny Colgan, writer of romantic comedy fiction and science-fiction

Colgan Namesakes

  • Flavia Colgan, Brazilian - American Democratic strategist
  • John Colgan, Irish Franciscan friar noted as a hagiographer and historian
  • Charles J. Colgan, American politician and businessman
  • Nick Colgan, Irish former professional footballer and goalkeeping coach of Wigan Athletic
  • Jenny Colgan, writer of romantic comedy fiction and science-fiction

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