How common is the surname Cavanagh?

4,086 people in the United States had the surname Cavanagh in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 75,562 Americans. It ranked 8,114th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Cavanagh?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Cavanagh identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Cavanagh?

Paul Cavanagh, actor (1888-1964), followed by Tom Cavanagh.

Where is the surname Cavanagh most common?

Wikidata records people named Cavanagh in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Cavanagh getting more or less common?

More common. 3,932 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,086 in 2010, up 3.9%.

The surname Cavanagh

A surname, carried by 4,086 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex C152

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cavanagh is more common than 95% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,086 people named Cavanagh in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 75,562 Americans. That is up 3.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,932.

#8,114

rank among US surnames

4,086

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+3.9%

change since 2000 (was #7,797)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,106	Llanos	4,089	75,506
#8,110	Dunson	4,088	75,525
#8,113	Deans	4,087	75,543
#8,114	Rosenblum	4,086	75,562
#8,119	Mastin	4,085	75,580
#8,121	Klassen	4,084	75,599

Who is named Cavanagh

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

95% of people named Cavanagh identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Cavanaghs

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Paul Cavanagh
Actor (1888-1964)
Tom Cavanagh
American ice hockey player (1982–2011)
Megan Cavanagh
American actress, born 1961

Notable Cavanaghs come mostly from the United States (2) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Cavanagh

Cavanagh has the Soundex code C152, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C152.

Questions

How common is the surname Cavanagh?: 4,086 people in the United States had the surname Cavanagh in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 75,562 Americans. It ranked 8,114th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cavanagh?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Cavanagh identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Cavanagh?: Paul Cavanagh, actor (1888-1964), followed by Tom Cavanagh.
Where is the surname Cavanagh most common?: Wikidata records people named Cavanagh in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Cavanagh getting more or less common?: More common. 3,932 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,086 in 2010, up 3.9%.