# Cadogan (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/cadogan/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Welsh or A surname from Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Welsh |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,413 |
| US rank (2010) | 19,210 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 218,504 people |
| Change since 2000 | +40% (1,008 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /kəˈdʌɡən/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Cadigan |

## Etymology

From the Welsh personal name Cadwgan, probably composed of the elements cad (“battle”) + gwgan (“scowler”), and also an anglicisation of the Irish surname Ó Ceadagáin.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Cadogan in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 44% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 46% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 6.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Cadogan in the United Kingdom, Barbados and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Cadogan

- Alexander Cadogan, British diplomat (1884–1968)
- Levi Cadogan, Barbadian sprinter
- George Cadogan, 5th Earl Cadogan, British Conservative politician (1840–1915)

## Similar surnames

Catchings, Citizen.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.