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Colquhoun
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English
Etymology
Habitational surname borrowed from en gd -, possibly from gd cùil nook, angle, corner + gd cumhang narrow, close.
Pronunciation
en /kəˈhuːn/ UK
en Colquhoun.wav UK
en uːn 2
Proper noun
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en Scottish Gaelic.
en 1980 AA Book of British Villages Drive Publications Ltd 270 For more than 750 years the lochside village of Luss has been the home of the chiefs of the Colquhoun clan.
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Colquhoun is the 33772th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 674 individuals. Colquhoun is most common among White (76.11%) and Black/African American (16.77%) individuals.
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