Clingan
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Celtic (Scottish Gaelic and northern Irish) surname reduced from mac clingan, Anglicized from mac gilla Fhinnéin (“son of the servant of (Saint) Finnian”), also Anglicized as mac Alingen.
Proper noun
[edit]Clingan (plural Clingans)
- A surname.
Derived terms
[edit]Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Clingan is the 15995th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1815 individuals. Clingan is most common among White (94.49%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Clingan”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 345.
- Forebears