Goan is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, Scotland. It is 4 characters long in length.
Variant of Magoon. A corruption of Mac Gowan - A well-known prefix of surnames of Celtic origin, signifying son of, and therefore cognate withthe Ap-of Welsh, the Fitz-of Anglo-Norman, and the Son of English surnames. In England and other countries of Europe the great staple of family names is derived from a territorial source, but among the Celts of Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, the surname was almost uniformly that of the father or some ancestor, with a prefix. In Ireland O, (formerly ua) grandson or descendant, is the ordinary prefix, and the O's bear the proportion of ten to one to the Macs. In Scotland the case is reversed, and while there are said to be only three indigenous surnames in O, there are many hundreds of Macs. See art.
O' in this Dictionary.
,p>By the kindness of correspondents who have made collections of surnames with this prefix, I am enabled to lay before the reader a nearly complete list of them-nay, it may rather be called redundant, since in many instances two or more variations of a name have been made through ignorance among the lower classes of the people. This is especially the case when the name which follows the Mac begins with a vowel, and the c is tacked on to the beginning of the same name. In this way Mac Alpine, Mac Allan, and Mac Leod have become Mac Calapine, Mac Callan, and Mac Cloud, to the total confusion of kindred and etymology. Near kinsmen sometimes vary their common patronymic so much that none but themselves would imagine that they were of a common stock; thus a Mac Črie might be uncle, and a Mac Craw, cousin, to a MacRae. The principal names in MAC, such as those of Clans, will receive each a separate notice in the body of the work. As before intimated, a very large proportion of those here given, en masse, are borne by the lowest of the Celtic people, and possess no historical interest. Some, on the other hand, have always been associated with wealth and worldly respectability; while a few are obviously English names to which Juc has been prefixed from mere caprice, or from a desire of assimilation to the Celtic race.Family name is variation of Magoun. The son of the smith or worker in metals.
Is a form of McGowan. The son of the smith or worker in metals.
The is form of the Gow. The worker in metals, a smith; one who came from Govan, in Lanarkshire.
Goan is a form of Goines. Descendant of Gudin meaning "God's friend".
A variation of Govan. The worker in metals, a smith; one who came from Govan, in Lanarkshire.
Goan is a variant of Gow. In Gaelic means "a smith".
The variant of Gown. A contraction of Gowan - Scotch, a 'Daisy'.
How popular is Goan?
Goan is common in Iran, Indonesia, United States, India, Northern Ireland.
Goan is ranked 41935 on our list.
Despite the fact that the number of Goan bearers increased by 1.19 per cent in 2010 US census to 340 since 2000, the surname slipped by 2644 spots and ranked at 59470. The last name was found in around 1 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.
| Race | 2010 | 2000 |
|---|---|---|
| White | 84.71 | 88.39 |
| Asian and Native Hawaiian & Other Pacific Islander | 8.53 | 7.14 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 3.82 | 2.08 |
| Others | 1.76 | 0 |
Iran10,062
Indonesia1,061
United States502
India253
Northern Ireland169
England95
Australia58
Ireland51
Ivory Coast36
Philippines25
Scotland23
Israel22
Canada21
France10
Liberia10
Malaysia8
Papua New Guinea6
Uganda6Immigrants to US
From Germany
Marie Goan was 28 years old when she migrated to Ne on July 3, 1894. She lived in Germany where she worked as servant and took Saale from Bremen & Southampton.