is mcewen scottish or irish
The name McEwen, (also spelled MacEwan, MacEwen, MacEwing, MacEuen and MacEwin) means son of Ewen.. It is a Scottish surname but the roots preceed Scotland. McEwen is an Irish derivitive and this is where this ancestral line begins. These ancesters were most likely Scots, which is a Gaelic branch of the Irish Celts.