How common is the surname Eagen?

1,079 people in the United States had the surname Eagen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 286,140 Americans. It ranked 23,532nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Eagen?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Eagen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Eagen getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,105 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,079 in 2010, down 2.4%.

The surname Eagen

A surname, carried by 1,079 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). Eagen is more common than 85.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,079 people named Eagen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 286,140 Americans. That is down 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,105.

#23,532

rank among US surnames

1,079

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-2.4%

change since 2000 (was #21,902)

Who is named Eagen

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

93% of people named Eagen identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.8%
Two or more races 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Eagen

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

Questions

How common is the surname Eagen?: 1,079 people in the United States had the surname Eagen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 286,140 Americans. It ranked 23,532nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Eagen?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Eagen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Eagen getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,105 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,079 in 2010, down 2.4%.