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    The surname Gogan

    A Hungarian patronymic surname, carried by 646 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G250

    Gogan: #34,916 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Gogan #34,916, 646 people Gogan: #34,916 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Gogan #34,916, 646 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gogan is more common than 78.5% of them.

    Origin

    Hungarian origin

    Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Cogadháin (“son of Cogadhán”). Also borrowed from Hungarian Gogán.

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

    One of 46 Hungarian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 646 people named Gogan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 477,934 Americans. That is down 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 665.

    #34,916
    rank among US surnames
    646
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -2.9%
    change since 2000 (was #32,567)

    Who is named Gogan

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

    94% of people named Gogan identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Gogan

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

    Other Hungarian surnames

    All 46 Hungarian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Gogan come from?
    Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Cogadháin (“son of Cogadhán”). Also borrowed from Hungarian Gogán.
    How common is the surname Gogan?
    646 people in the United States had the surname Gogan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 477,934 Americans. It ranked 34,916th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gogan?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Gogan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Gogan?
    Gogan is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Gogan getting more or less common?
    Less common. 665 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 646 in 2010, down 2.9%.