How common is the surname Carrigan?

6,290 people in the United States had the surname Carrigan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 49,085 Americans. It ranked 5,529th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Carrigan?

Anthony Carrigan, American actor, followed by Sara Carrigan.

Where is the surname Carrigan most common?

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

Is the surname Carrigan getting more or less common?

More common. 6,234 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,290 in 2010, up 0.9%.

The surname Carrigan

A surname, carried by 6,290 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex C625

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Carrigan is more common than 96.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,290 people named Carrigan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 49,085 Americans. That is up 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,234.

#5,529

rank among US surnames

6,290

people in 2010

2.1

per 100,000 Americans

+0.9%

change since 2000 (was #5,163)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,521	Speck	6,297	49,031
#5,522	Hodson	6,296	49,038
#5,525	Tinker	6,291	49,077
#5,529	Carrigan	6,290	49,085
#5,530	Kamara	6,288	49,101
#5,531	Hardee	6,283	49,140

Who is named Carrigan

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

90% of people named Carrigan identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Carrigans

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Anthony Carrigan
American actor, born 1983
Sara Carrigan
Australian racing cyclist, born 1980
Sean Carrigan
American actor, born 1974
Thomas Carrigan
American actor (1886–1941)

Notable Carrigans come mostly from the United States (3) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Carrigan

Carrigan has the Soundex code C625, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C625.

Questions

How common is the surname Carrigan?: 6,290 people in the United States had the surname Carrigan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 49,085 Americans. It ranked 5,529th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Carrigan?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Carrigan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Carrigan?: Anthony Carrigan, American actor, followed by Sara Carrigan.
Where is the surname Carrigan most common?: Wikidata records people named Carrigan in the United States and Australia.
Is the surname Carrigan getting more or less common?: More common. 6,234 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,290 in 2010, up 0.9%.