How common is the surname Gahagan?

1,795 people in the United States had the surname Gahagan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 172,003 Americans. It ranked 16,125th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Gahagan?

Helen Gahagan Douglas, American actress and politician (1900–1980).

Where is the surname Gahagan most common?

Wikidata records people named Gahagan in the United States.

Is the surname Gahagan getting more or less common?

More common. 1,753 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,795 in 2010, up 2.4%.

The surname Gahagan

An Irish surname, carried by 1,795 people in the United States.

3 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). Gahagan is more common than 90.1% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Variant of Gavigan or Geoghegan.

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 1,795 people named Gahagan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 172,003 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,753.

#16,125

rank among US surnames

1,795

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+2.4%

change since 2000 (was #15,369)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,120	Cortright	1,796	171,907
#16,125	Kinnaman	1,795	172,003
#16,130	Dickison	1,794	172,099

Who is named Gahagan

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

92% of people named Gahagan identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.0%
Two or more races 1.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Gahagans

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Helen Gahagan Douglas
American actress and politician (1900–1980)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gahagan

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

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Gahagan come from?: Variant of Gavigan or Geoghegan.
How common is the surname Gahagan?: 1,795 people in the United States had the surname Gahagan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 172,003 Americans. It ranked 16,125th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gahagan?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Gahagan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Gahagan?: Helen Gahagan Douglas, American actress and politician (1900–1980).
Where is the surname Gahagan most common?: Wikidata records people named Gahagan in the United States.
Is the surname Gahagan getting more or less common?: More common. 1,753 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,795 in 2010, up 2.4%.