How common is the surname Eagan?

5,528 people in the United States had the surname Eagan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 55,851 Americans. It ranked 6,190th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Eagan?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Eagan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Eagan?

Eddie Eagan, American boxer and bobsledder (1897-1967), followed by Daisy Eagan.

Where is the surname Eagan most common?

Wikidata records people named Eagan in the United States.

Is the surname Eagan getting more or less common?

More common. 5,420 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,528 in 2010, up 2.0%.

The surname Eagan

An Irish surname, carried by 5,528 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex E250

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Eagan is more common than 96.2% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Variant of Egan.

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 5,528 people named Eagan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 55,851 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,420.

#6,190

rank among US surnames

5,528

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

+2%

change since 2000 (was #5,850)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,185	Thom	5,531	55,821
#6,186	Villar	5,530	55,831
#6,188	Carder	5,529	55,841
#6,190	Eagan	5,528	55,851
#6,192	Winder	5,527	55,861
#6,193	Bigham	5,525	55,882

Who is named Eagan

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

94% of people named Eagan identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
Two or more races 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Eagans

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Eddie Eagan
American boxer and bobsledder (1897-1967)
Daisy Eagan
American actor, born 1979

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Eagan

Eagan has the Soundex code E250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E250.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Eagan come from?: Variant of Egan.
How common is the surname Eagan?: 5,528 people in the United States had the surname Eagan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 55,851 Americans. It ranked 6,190th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Eagan?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Eagan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Eagan?: Eddie Eagan, American boxer and bobsledder (1897-1967), followed by Daisy Eagan.
Where is the surname Eagan most common?: Wikidata records people named Eagan in the United States.
Is the surname Eagan getting more or less common?: More common. 5,420 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,528 in 2010, up 2.0%.