How common is the surname Flannigan?

2,334 people in the United States had the surname Flannigan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 132,282 Americans. It ranked 13,127th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Flannigan?

Maureen Flannigan, American actress.

Where is the surname Flannigan most common?

Wikidata records people named Flannigan in the United States.

Is the surname Flannigan getting more or less common?

More common. 2,297 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,334 in 2010, up 1.6%.

The surname Flannigan

An Irish surname, carried by 2,334 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). Flannigan is more common than 91.9% 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 2,334 people named Flannigan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 132,282 Americans. That is up 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,297.

#13,127

rank among US surnames

2,334

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+1.6%

change since 2000 (was #12,399)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,121	Hinnant	2,336	132,168
#13,124	Mowrey	2,335	132,225
#13,127	Flannigan	2,334	132,282
#13,132	Meldrum	2,332	132,395
#13,133	Hutsell	2,331	132,452

Who is named Flannigan

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

81% of people named Flannigan identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 81%
Black (not Hispanic) 15%
Two or more races 1.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Flannigans

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Maureen Flannigan
American actress, born 1973

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Flannigan

Flannigan 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 Flannigan come from?: Variant of Flanagan.
How common is the surname Flannigan?: 2,334 people in the United States had the surname Flannigan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 132,282 Americans. It ranked 13,127th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Flannigan?: In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Flannigan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Flannigan?: Maureen Flannigan, American actress.
Where is the surname Flannigan most common?: Wikidata records people named Flannigan in the United States.
Is the surname Flannigan getting more or less common?: More common. 2,297 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,334 in 2010, up 1.6%.