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    The surname Croghan

    An Irish surname, carried by 1,273 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C625

    Croghan: #20,758 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Croghan #20,758, 1,273 people Croghan: #20,758 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Croghan #20,758, 1,273 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Croghan is more common than 87.2% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    From Irish Cruachán.

    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 1,273 people named Croghan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 242,534 Americans. That is up 8.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,171.

    #20,758
    rank among US surnames
    1,273
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.7%
    change since 2000 (was #20,935)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #20,750Sanroman1,274242,343
    #20,758Pintado1,273242,534

    Who is named Croghan

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

    95% of people named Croghan identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as two or more races and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Croghan

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

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Croghan come from?
    From Irish Cruachán.
    How common is the surname Croghan?
    1,273 people in the United States had the surname Croghan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 242,534 Americans. It ranked 20,758th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Croghan?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Croghan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Croghan getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,171 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,273 in 2010, up 8.7%.