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    The surname Corrigan

    A surname, carried by 11,396 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex C625

    Corrigan: #3,168 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Corrigan #3,168, 11,396 people Corrigan: #3,168 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Corrigan #3,168, 11,396 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Corrigan is more common than 98% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 11,396 people named Corrigan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 27,092 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,117.

    #3,168
    rank among US surnames
    11,396
    people in 2010
    3.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.5%
    change since 2000 (was #2,980)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,159Wenzel11,43227,007
    #3,160Janssen11,42327,028
    #3,161Lauer11,41427,050
    #3,162Gresham11,41227,054
    #3,163Fennell11,41027,059
    #3,164Vest11,40527,071
    #3,165Grogan11,40027,083

    Who is named Corrigan

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

    95% of people named Corrigan identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Corrigans

    8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Kevin Corrigan
      American actor, born 1969
    • Lloyd Corrigan
      American actor (1900–1969)
    • Ray Corrigan
      American actor (1902-1976)
    • Douglas Corrigan
      American aviator (1907–1995)
    • Liam Corrigan
      American rower, born 1997
    • Maureen Corrigan
      American journalist and writer, born 1955
    • Lisa Corrigan
      Australian middle distance runner, born 1984
    • Christa McAuliffe
      American educator and astronaut, 1948–1986

    Notable Corrigans come mostly from the United States (7) and Australia (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Corrigan

    Corrigan 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 Corrigan?
    11,396 people in the United States had the surname Corrigan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 27,092 Americans. It ranked 3,168th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Corrigan?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Corrigan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Corrigan?
    Kevin Corrigan, American actor, followed by Lloyd Corrigan.
    Where is the surname Corrigan most common?
    Wikidata records people named Corrigan in the United States and Australia.
    Is the surname Corrigan getting more or less common?
    More common. 11,117 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,396 in 2010, up 2.5%.