How common is the surname Coogan?

2,748 people in the United States had the surname Coogan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 112,353 Americans. It ranked 11,463rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Coogan?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Coogan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Coogan?

Jackie Coogan, American actor (1914–1984), followed by Keith Coogan.

Where is the surname Coogan most common?

Wikidata records people named Coogan in the United States.

Is the surname Coogan getting more or less common?

More common. 2,718 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,748 in 2010, up 1.1%.

The surname Coogan

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 2,748 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C250

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Coogan is more common than 92.9% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

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”).

Coogan is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

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 2,748 people named Coogan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 112,353 Americans. That is up 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,718.

#11,463

rank among US surnames

2,748

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+1.1%

change since 2000 (was #10,773)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,456	Greenbaum	2,750	112,271
#11,462	Eudy	2,749	112,312
#11,463	Coogan	2,748	112,353
#11,466	Virgil	2,746	112,435
#11,469	Breshears	2,745	112,476
#11,472	Mattis	2,744	112,517

Who is named Coogan

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

96% of people named Coogan identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Coogans

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jackie Coogan
American actor (1914–1984)
Keith Coogan
American actor and child actor, born 1970
Richard Coogan
Actor (1914-2014)
Robert Coogan
American actor (1924-1978)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Surnames that sound like Coogan

Coogan has the Soundex code C250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C250.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Coogan come from?: 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”).
How common is the surname Coogan?: 2,748 people in the United States had the surname Coogan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 112,353 Americans. It ranked 11,463rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Coogan?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Coogan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Coogan?: Jackie Coogan, American actor (1914–1984), followed by Keith Coogan.
Where is the surname Coogan most common?: Wikidata records people named Coogan in the United States.
What type of surname is Coogan?: Coogan is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Coogan getting more or less common?: More common. 2,718 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,748 in 2010, up 1.1%.
What are other spellings of Coogan?: Coggin and Coggins.