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There are approximately 1,469 people named Cadogan in the UK. That makes it the 5,603rd most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 23 are named Cadogan.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

Wales

Language of origin

Welsh

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

Celtic


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The Cadogan surname in historical dictionaries

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857)

(origin: Welsh.) Terrible in battle; from cad, battle, and gwg, fierce.

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

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

CADOGAN. Earl Cadogan's family deduce from the princes of Powys in \Vales, some of whom bore the baptismal name of Cadwgan or Kydwgan, which, by the suj)pressiou of the patron}Tnical a, became an hereditary surname.

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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