How common is the surname Dugan?

21,455 people in the United States had the surname Dugan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 14,390 Americans. It ranked 1,679th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Dugan?

Dennis Dugan, American actor and film director (born 1946), followed by Raymond Smith Dugan.

Where is the surname Dugan most common?

Wikidata records people named Dugan in the United States.

Is the surname Dugan getting more or less common?

More common. 21,267 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 21,455 in 2010, up 0.9%.

The surname Dugan

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 21,455 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D250

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dugan is more common than 99% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Dubhagáin (“descendant of Dubhagán”), a personal name based on a double diminutive of dubh (“black”).

Dugan 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 21,455 people named Dugan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 14,390 Americans. That is up 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 21,267.

#1,679

rank among US surnames

21,455

people in 2010

7.3

per 100,000 Americans

+0.9%

change since 2000 (was #1,547)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,670	Diamond	21,586	14,303
#1,671	Pimentel	21,579	14,308
#1,672	Cornell	21,558	14,322
#1,673	Arreola	21,540	14,334
#1,674	Siegel	21,536	14,336
#1,675	Hankins	21,532	14,339
#1,676	Raines	21,518	14,348

Who is named Dugan

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

91% of people named Dugan identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Dugans

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Dennis Dugan
American actor and film director (born 1946)
Raymond Smith Dugan
American astronomer (1878–1940)
John Dugan
American actor, born 1953
Regina E. Dugan
American businesswoman, inventor, and technology developer, born 1963
Hannah Dugan
American judge currently county judge in Milwaukee, born 1959

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Duggan

Surnames that sound like Dugan

Dugan has the Soundex code D250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D250.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Dugan come from?: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Dubhagáin (“descendant of Dubhagán”), a personal name based on a double diminutive of dubh (“black”).
How common is the surname Dugan?: 21,455 people in the United States had the surname Dugan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 14,390 Americans. It ranked 1,679th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dugan?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Dugan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Dugan?: Dennis Dugan, American actor and film director (born 1946), followed by Raymond Smith Dugan.
Where is the surname Dugan most common?: Wikidata records people named Dugan in the United States.
What type of surname is Dugan?: Dugan is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Dugan getting more or less common?: More common. 21,267 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 21,455 in 2010, up 0.9%.
What are other spellings of Dugan?: Duggan.