How common is the surname Fegan?

1,365 people in the United States had the surname Fegan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 226,187 Americans. It ranked 19,731st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Fegan?

Roshon Fegan, American actor, rapper and singer.

Where is the surname Fegan most common?

Wikidata records people named Fegan in the United States.

Is the surname Fegan getting more or less common?

More common. 1,360 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,365 in 2010, up 0.4%.

The surname Fegan

A surname, carried by 1,365 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex F250

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fegan is more common than 87.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,365 people named Fegan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 226,187 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,360.

#19,731

rank among US surnames

1,365

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+0.4%

change since 2000 (was #18,667)

Who is named Fegan

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

85% of people named Fegan identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 85%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.6%
Two or more races 2.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Fegans

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Roshon Fegan
American actor, rapper and singer, born 1991

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Fegan

Fegan has the Soundex code F250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F250.

Questions

How common is the surname Fegan?: 1,365 people in the United States had the surname Fegan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 226,187 Americans. It ranked 19,731st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fegan?: In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Fegan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Fegan?: Roshon Fegan, American actor, rapper and singer.
Where is the surname Fegan most common?: Wikidata records people named Fegan in the United States.
Is the surname Fegan getting more or less common?: More common. 1,360 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,365 in 2010, up 0.4%.