The mcgowan Surname

mcgowan Name Meaning and History

Scottish and Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Gobhann (Scottish) and Mac Gabhann (Irish) ‘son of the smith’.

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

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mcgowan Family Facts

Distribution of mcgowan Families in the US in 1920

Number of mcgowan families

250-498

84-249

1-83

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

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McGOWANs of COUNTY SLIGO, IR, ca. 1890	Bob Wilson	9
McGowan/Nicholson of Sligo	weebrad1	1
McGowan family tree...where did I come from?	lovelyrusti	5
James McGowan b.1767 Dutchess Co NY	BradleyJDawkins	0
McGowans of Bucks County Pennsylvania	f072558	5
McGowan, Ella, 1880 - 1928, Los Angeles, CA, Evergreen Cemetery	williamverllittle	0
McGowan - In Connecticut -	gramk2	3
Mary Elizabeth Mc Gowan 1841	withersjr	3
McGowan Search	Dianne McGowan Newton	2
MCGOWAN in Phila., PA	PMcCauley	5

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