# Coogan (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/coogan/  
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 Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,748 |
| US rank (2010) | 11,463 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 112,353 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.1% (2,718 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Coggin, Coggins |

## Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Cogadháin (“son of Cogadhán”), a diminutive from a reduced form of the personal name Cúchogaidh, which is composed of the elements cú (“hound”) and cogadh (“war”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Coogan 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) | 96% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 0.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Coogan in the United States.

## People named Coogan

- Jackie Coogan, American actor (1914–1984)
- Keith Coogan, American actor and child actor
- Richard Coogan, actor (1914-2014)
- Robert Coogan, American actor (1924-1978)

## Similar surnames

Cogan, Cookson, Coggin, Cygan, Chacon, Cason, Chism, Cosme, Casiano, Chesney, Ciccone, Chiasson.

## 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.