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  1. Irish (Ulster): reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Catháin 'descendant of Cathán' (see O'Kane). Compare Keane.
  2. Scottish: reduced form of McKean.
  3. Jewish (Ashkenazic): altered spelling of Cohen.
  4. Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): variant spelling of Kanne.
  5. Probably also an Americanized spelling of German Köhn (see Kohn).

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

*information taken from Ancestry.com surname search

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