How common is the surname Gagen?

713 people in the United States had the surname Gagen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 433,023 Americans. It ranked 32,302nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Gagen?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Gagen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Gagen getting more or less common?

Less common. 727 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 713 in 2010, down 1.9%.

The surname Gagen

A German place surname, carried by 713 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G250

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gagen is more common than 80.1% of them.

Origin

German origin

Two main origins: * Variant of Gahan or Geoghegan, two surname of Irish origin. * Borrowed from German Gagen, a topographic surname from a Tyrolean term meaning "Alpine dairy hut".

Gagen is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 713 people named Gagen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 433,023 Americans. That is down 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 727.

#32,302

rank among US surnames

713

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

-1.9%

change since 2000 (was #30,352)

Who is named Gagen

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

93% of people named Gagen identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
Two or more races 1.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gagen

Gagen has the Soundex code G250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G250.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Gagen come from?: Two main origins: * Variant of Gahan or Geoghegan, two surname of Irish origin. * Borrowed from German Gagen, a topographic surname from a Tyrolean term meaning "Alpine dairy hut".
How common is the surname Gagen?: 713 people in the United States had the surname Gagen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 433,023 Americans. It ranked 32,302nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gagen?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Gagen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is Gagen?: Gagen is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Gagen getting more or less common?: Less common. 727 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 713 in 2010, down 1.9%.