How common is the surname Brogan?

7,754 people in the United States had the surname Brogan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,818 Americans. It ranked 4,577th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Brogan?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Brogan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Brogan?

Michelle Brogan, Australian basketball player (born 1973), followed by Jim Brogan.

Where is the surname Brogan most common?

Wikidata records people named Brogan in Australia and the United States.

Is the surname Brogan getting more or less common?

More common. 7,362 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,754 in 2010, up 5.3%.

Is Brogan also a first name?

Yes. Brogan is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Brogan

An Irish surname, carried by 7,754 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B625 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brogan is more common than 97.2% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Brógáin (“descendants of Brógán”), probably from a diminutive of bróg (“shoe”).

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 7,754 people named Brogan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 39,818 Americans. That is up 5.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,362.

#4,577

rank among US surnames

7,754

people in 2010

2.6

per 100,000 Americans

+5.3%

change since 2000 (was #4,445)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,571	Leroy	7,759	39,792
#4,573	Ashe	7,756	39,807
#4,576	Herrin	7,755	39,812
#4,577	Brogan	7,754	39,818
#4,578	Lung	7,753	39,823

Who is named Brogan

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

95% of people named Brogan identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Brogans

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Michelle Brogan
Australian basketball player (born 1973)
Jim Brogan
American basketball player, born 1958

Notable Brogans come mostly from Australia (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Brogan

Brogan has the Soundex code B625, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B625.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Brogan come from?: Anglicized form of Irish Ó Brógáin (“descendants of Brógán”), probably from a diminutive of bróg (“shoe”).
How common is the surname Brogan?: 7,754 people in the United States had the surname Brogan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,818 Americans. It ranked 4,577th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Brogan?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Brogan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Brogan?: Michelle Brogan, Australian basketball player (born 1973), followed by Jim Brogan.
Where is the surname Brogan most common?: Wikidata records people named Brogan in Australia and the United States.
Is the surname Brogan getting more or less common?: More common. 7,362 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,754 in 2010, up 5.3%.
Is Brogan also a first name?: Yes. Brogan is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.