Last Name CALHOUN

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Meaning	A corruption of 'Colquhoun.' According to tradition, the progenitor of this family was a younger son of 'Conach,' King of Ireland, who came to Scotland in the reign of Gregory the Great, and obtained lands in Dumbartonshire, to which he gave the name of 'Conachon,' corrupted into 'Colquhoun.' I am inclined to think the name is from the Gaelic, denoting one who is brave, lively, quick, and furious in battle; from 'Colg,' and 'chuoin,' the genitive of 'Cu,' a hound, a war-dog.

Origin	Irish, Sudanese

Rank	757 (2000 US census)	592 (1990 US census)

Count	41,452 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

64.38%, or 26687 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
31.86%, or 13207 total occurrences, as black,
0.38%, or 158 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.47%, or 195 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.7%, or 705 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.21%, or 502 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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