Frequency: (13836)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Irish: variant of Scottish Colquhoun.
FOREBEARS: This prominent early American name was brought across the Atlantic Ocean by Scotch-Irish pioneers who entered Pennsylvania in about 1733. The American statesman John C. Calhoun (1782-1850), born in Abbeville District, SC, served in both houses of Congress, was secretary of war, and vice president of the U.S. (1825-32).
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
