American Family Name Origins:
Cadogan
Frequency: (269)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Welsh and Irish (of Welsh origin): from a traditional Welsh personal name, Cadwgan, probably from cad ‘battle’ + gwgan ‘scowler’. See also Wogan.
GIVEN NAME Irish 5%. Dermot.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
