Updated June 9, 2019

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  • Irish (County Galway) : Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Con Cheanainn ‘descendant of Cúcheanann’, a personal name composed of the elements ‘hound’ + ceann ‘head’ + fionn ‘fair’, ‘white’. Bearers of this surname claim descent from a single 10th-century ancestor.