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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Bhloscaidh ‘son of Bloscadh’ a personal name probably derived from blosc ‘resounding noise’, ‘blast’. This surname is the name of a family from County Derry descended from the O’Kanes; it is also found in Scotland, mainly in Glasgow.

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