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    The surname Flannagan

    An Irish surname, carried by 1,324 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex F452

    Flannagan: #20,157 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Flannagan #20,157, 1,324 people Flannagan: #20,157 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Flannagan #20,157, 1,324 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Flannagan is more common than 87.6% 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 1,324 people named Flannagan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 233,191 Americans. That is up 6.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,248.

    #20,157
    rank among US surnames
    1,324
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.1%
    change since 2000 (was #19,908)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #20,149Cruze1,325233,016
    #20,157Germaine1,324233,191
    #20,165Meckley1,323233,368

    Who is named Flannagan

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

    87% of people named Flannagan identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 87%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 9.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Flannagan

    Flannagan 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 Flannagan come from?
    Variant of Flanagan.
    How common is the surname Flannagan?
    1,324 people in the United States had the surname Flannagan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 233,191 Americans. It ranked 20,157th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Flannagan?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Flannagan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Flannagan getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,248 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,324 in 2010, up 6.1%.