Strachan

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Etymology

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The village is named with Scottish Gaelic srath (river valley) + eachan (foal). The surname could either derive from the placename or from an Anglicized form of Irish Ó Sruitheáin (descendant of Sruitheán), a personal name from sruith (sage elder) + -án (diminutive suffix).

Proper noun

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Strachan (countable and uncountable, plural Strachans)

  1. A village in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO674922).
  2. A surname.

Statistics

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  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Strachan is the 7781st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4266 individuals. Strachan is most common among White (66.17%) and Black/African American (27.38%) individuals.

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