# Hagan (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/hagan/  
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) | 21,017 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,710 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 14,690 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.2% (19,973 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From the Irish surname, from Ó hÁgáin, "descendant of Ógán, diminutive of óg (“young”). Also from Ó hAodhagáin, "descendant of Aodhagán, from aodh (“fire”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hagan 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) | 86% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 8.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hagan in the United States.

## People named Hagan

- Kay Hagan, American politician (1953-2019)
- Cliff Hagan, American basketball player and coach (1931–2026)
- Molly Hagan, actress
- Sarah Hagan, American actress
- Marianne Hagan, American actress
- Mallory Hagan, American politician
- Thomas Hagan, American assassin, one of those who killed Malcolm X in 1965 (born 1941)
- Glenn Hagan, American basketball player

## Similar surnames

Hogan, Haqqani, Hagen, Hassan, Hasan, Haugen, Hussain, Hackney, Hazen, Hussein, Hixson, Hossain.

## 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.