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There are approximately 16,162 people named Logan in the UK. That makes it the 621th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 256 are named Logan.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

Scotland

Language of origin

Gaelic

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

Celtic


Related and similar surnames

Loga
Locano
Logar
Lagan
Legan
Loagan
Logane
Logann
Loganne
Logani
Logaan
Logana
Logano
Logain
Logans
Loaghan
Logaine
Loganes
Loganey
Logains
Logand
Loganc
Loganis
Logam
Locan

The Logan surname in historical dictionaries

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857)

(origin: Gaelic.) An inclosed plain or low-lying place. If the residence of a Briton was on a plain, it was called Lann, from Lagen or Logen; if on an eminence, it was termed dun.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

LOGAN. A Celtic word used In Scottish topography, both singly and as a pi-efix, and siguifyiug a hollow place, or plain, or meadow surrounded by rising grounds, Gaz. of Scotl.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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