How common is the surname Fogarty?

8,245 people in the United States had the surname Fogarty in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,446 Americans. It ranked 4,311th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Fogarty?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Fogarty identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Fogarty?

Lyndsie Fogarty, Australian canoeist.

Where is the surname Fogarty most common?

Wikidata records people named Fogarty in Australia.

Is the surname Fogarty getting more or less common?

More common. 7,879 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,245 in 2010, up 4.6%.

The surname Fogarty

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 8,245 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex F263

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fogarty is more common than 97.3% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

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

Fogarty is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

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 8,245 people named Fogarty in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 37,446 Americans. That is up 4.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,879.

#4,311

rank among US surnames

8,245

people in 2010

2.8

per 100,000 Americans

+4.6%

change since 2000 (was #4,168)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,302	Withrow	8,262	37,369
#4,303	True	8,261	37,374
#4,304	Furr	8,260	37,378
#4,305	Dell	8,255	37,401
#4,307	Chism	8,253	37,410
#4,308	Bear	8,252	37,415
#4,309	McCue	8,250	37,424

Who is named Fogarty

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

95% of people named Fogarty identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Fogartys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Lyndsie Fogarty
Australian canoeist, born 1984

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Foggarty
Fogerty

Fogarty has the Soundex code F263, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F263.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Fogarty come from?: Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fógartaigh (“descendant of Fógartach”), a personal name from fógartha (“proclaimed; banished, outlawed”).
How common is the surname Fogarty?: 8,245 people in the United States had the surname Fogarty in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,446 Americans. It ranked 4,311th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fogarty?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Fogarty identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Fogarty?: Lyndsie Fogarty, Australian canoeist.
Where is the surname Fogarty most common?: Wikidata records people named Fogarty in Australia.
What type of surname is Fogarty?: Fogarty is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Fogarty getting more or less common?: More common. 7,879 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,245 in 2010, up 4.6%.
What are other spellings of Fogarty?: Foggarty and Fogerty.