McGuigan
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Anglicized form of Northern Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Uiginn (“son of the viking”), from uiging (“Viking; pirate”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /məˈɡwɪɡən/
Proper noun
McGuigan (plural McGuigans)
- A surname.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, McGuigan is the 8975th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3646 individuals. McGuigan is most common among White (95.23%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McGuigan”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 555.