The cavan Surname

cavan Name Meaning and History

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Caomháin, ‘son of Caomhán (Kevin)’, a diminutive of the personal name Caomh (see O’Keefe).
Irish: in some cases perhaps an alternative Anglicization of Caomhánach (see Kavanagh).
Filipino or other Southeast Asian: unexplained.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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cavan Family Facts

Distribution of cavan Families in the US in 1920

Number of cavan families

8-13

3-7

1-2

Compiled by Ancestry.co.uk from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 16 - Messages: 31

Thread	Author	Replies
Cavan	quigbg1	3
Daniel Cavan born c.1853, Glasgow	coxie72	0
Daniel Cavan born c.1853, Glasgow	coxie72	0
Nathaniel Cavan died 1824 in Kirkgunzeon Parish	Joy	2
Cavan from Kircudbrightshire area Scotland	quigbg1	3
MC DOWELLS of County Cavan	Alice Paige	0
ancestry in cavan	donrose20	0
Mertis Coffin Keller	S Ketelsen	0
Cavan family	Amanda Cavan	2
Cavan/Flickenger	Keeper5860	0

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