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McGowan
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This article is about the surname in general. For the family of UK nobility, see McGowan family.
McGowan /məˈɡaʊən/ is an Irish and Scottish surname. It is an Anglicization of the Irish Mac Gabhann and Scottish Mac Gobhann, both of which mean 'son of (the) smith'.[1] Belonging to the Uí Echach Cobo, located in modern-day western County Down, Ulster, they were of the same stock as the McGuinness clan.[2]
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