Last Name COLQUHOUN

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Meaning 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 Jewish, Irish, Austrian

Rank 35,387 (2000 US census)
Count 602 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 76.58%, or 461 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 16.28%, or 98 total occurrences, as black,
  • 2.33%, or 14 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 2.82%, or 17 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • undisclosed % as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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