The cogan Surname
cogan Name Meaning and History
- Americanized form of Jewish (from Ukraine) Kogan, from the Russian pronunciation of Cohen.
- Irish (of Welsh origin): habitational name from an area near Cardiff, which may have been named with a Welsh word meaning ‘bowl’, ‘depression’. There is evidence of a family named de Cogan in the 12th century, and by the 13th century the name was also associated with Somerset, Devon, County Limerick, and County Cork.
- Irish (Leitrim): variant of Coogan.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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