The Boggan Family Name

Boggan is one more way Bogan has been written over the centuries. Surname dictionaries give the meaning as “Grandson of Bogan (dim. of soft or tender)”. The extra “g” in Boggan is a spelling habit rather than a different name. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.

1,853 Americans were listed as Boggan in the 2010 census. It sits within the 25,000 most common last names in the country.

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