# Hannigan (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/hannigan/  
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) | 4,554 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,325 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 67,797 people |
| Change since 2000 | +8.1% (4,212 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Hannegan |

## Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hAnnagáin (“descendant of Annagán”), a hypocoristic form of Annach (“Hanna”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hannigan 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) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hannigan in the United States.

## People named Hannigan

- Alyson Hannigan, American actress and television presenter (born 1974)

## Similar surnames

Hennigan, Hankinson, Hansen, Hanson, Henson, Hankins, Hinson, Hunsinger, Hinkson, Hanscom, Heneghan, Hensen.

## 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.