# Fagan (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/fagan/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 17,501 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,063 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 17,642 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.3% (16,779 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈfeɪɡən/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Feagan, Phagan |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Fagan in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 84% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 11% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Fagan in the United States.

## People named Fagan

- Linda L. Fagan, American Coast Guard admiral

## Similar surnames

Fegan, Fasano, Feagin, Fagin, Faison, Fuson, Fossum, Ficken.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.