How common is the surname Brannigan?

1,610 people in the United States had the surname Brannigan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 191,767 Americans. It ranked 17,502nd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Brannigan getting more or less common?

More common. 1,560 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,610 in 2010, up 3.2%.

The surname Brannigan

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 1,610 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex B652

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brannigan is more common than 89.2% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Branagáin (“descendant of Branagán”), a personal name derived from a hypocoristic form of bran (“raven”).

Brannigan is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,610 people named Brannigan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 191,767 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,560.

#17,502

rank among US surnames

1,610

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+3.2%

change since 2000 (was #16,838)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,495	Cleek	1,611	191,648
#17,502	Iman	1,610	191,767

Who is named Brannigan

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

89% of people named Brannigan identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Branagan

Surnames that sound like Brannigan

Brannigan has the Soundex code B652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B652.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Brannigan come from?: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Branagáin (“descendant of Branagán”), a personal name derived from a hypocoristic form of bran (“raven”).
How common is the surname Brannigan?: 1,610 people in the United States had the surname Brannigan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 191,767 Americans. It ranked 17,502nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Brannigan?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Brannigan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
What type of surname is Brannigan?: Brannigan is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Brannigan getting more or less common?: More common. 1,560 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,610 in 2010, up 3.2%.
What are other spellings of Brannigan?: Branagan.