Monahan

English

Etymology

An anglicization of Irish Ó Manacháin, commonly anglicized as Monaghan.

Proper noun

Monahan (plural Monahans)

1. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Monahan is the 2347^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 15533 individuals. Monahan is most common among White (94.37%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Monahan”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 608.
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