How common is the surname Flanigan?

7,648 people in the United States had the surname Flanigan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 40,369 Americans. It ranked 4,640th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Flanigan?

Joe Flanigan, American actor and writer, followed by Sidney Flanigan.

Where is the surname Flanigan most common?

Wikidata records people named Flanigan in the United States.

Is the surname Flanigan getting more or less common?

More common. 7,175 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,648 in 2010, up 6.6%.

The surname Flanigan

An Irish surname, carried by 7,648 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex F452

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Flanigan is more common than 97.1% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Variant of Flanagan.

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 7,648 people named Flanigan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 40,369 Americans. That is up 6.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,175.

#4,640

rank among US surnames

7,648

people in 2010

2.6

per 100,000 Americans

+6.6%

change since 2000 (was #4,540)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,631	Omar	7,660	40,306
#4,632	Janes	7,659	40,311
#4,633	Nakamura	7,658	40,317
#4,634	Moye	7,657	40,322
#4,635	Thomsen	7,654	40,338
#4,636	Morehead	7,653	40,343
#4,637	Schenk	7,651	40,354

Who is named Flanigan

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

88% of people named Flanigan identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Black (not Hispanic) 8.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Flanigans

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Joe Flanigan
American actor and writer, born 1967
Sidney Flanigan
American actor and musician, born 1998
Edith M. Flanigen
American chemist, 1929–2026

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Flanigan

Flanigan has the Soundex code F452, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F452.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Flanigan come from?: Variant of Flanagan.
How common is the surname Flanigan?: 7,648 people in the United States had the surname Flanigan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 40,369 Americans. It ranked 4,640th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Flanigan?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Flanigan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Flanigan?: Joe Flanigan, American actor and writer, followed by Sidney Flanigan.
Where is the surname Flanigan most common?: Wikidata records people named Flanigan in the United States.
Is the surname Flanigan getting more or less common?: More common. 7,175 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,648 in 2010, up 6.6%.