# Fogarty (surname)

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

A surname from Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 8,245 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,311 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 37,446 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.6% (7,879 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Foggarty, Fogerty |

## Etymology

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fógartaigh (“descendant of Fógartach”), a personal name from fógartha (“proclaimed; banished, outlawed”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Fogarty 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) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Fogarty in Australia.

## People named Fogarty

- Lyndsie Fogarty, Australian canoeist

## Similar surnames

Fajardo, Foxworth, Figueiredo, Figueredo, Foxworthy.

## 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.