Kilgour
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Habitational surname from a place in Fife, from Scottish Gaelic coille (“wood”) + gobhar (“goat”).
Proper noun
Kilgour (plural Kilgours)
- A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Kilgour is the 46138th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 462 individuals. Kilgour is most common among White (93.29%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kilgour”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 303.