How common is the surname Hannigan?

4,554 people in the United States had the surname Hannigan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 67,797 Americans. It ranked 7,325th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hannigan?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Hannigan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Hannigan?

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

Where is the surname Hannigan most common?

Wikidata records people named Hannigan in the United States.

Is the surname Hannigan getting more or less common?

More common. 4,212 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,554 in 2010, up 8.1%.

The surname Hannigan

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 4,554 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex H525

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hannigan is more common than 95.5% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

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

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

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 4,554 people named Hannigan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 67,797 Americans. That is up 8.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,212.

#7,325

rank among US surnames

4,554

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+8.1%

change since 2000 (was #7,297)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,322	Cyrus	4,557	67,752
#7,323	Hunley	4,556	67,767
#7,324	Hamman	4,555	67,782
#7,325	Hannigan	4,554	67,797

Who is named Hannigan

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

94% of people named Hannigan identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hannigans

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Alyson Hannigan
American actress and television presenter (born 1974)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Hannegan

Surnames that sound like Hannigan

Hannigan has the Soundex code H525, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H525.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Hannigan come from?: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hAnnagáin (“descendant of Annagán”), a hypocoristic form of Annach (“Hanna”).
How common is the surname Hannigan?: 4,554 people in the United States had the surname Hannigan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 67,797 Americans. It ranked 7,325th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hannigan?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Hannigan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Hannigan?: Alyson Hannigan, American actress and television presenter (born 1974).
Where is the surname Hannigan most common?: Wikidata records people named Hannigan in the United States.
What type of surname is Hannigan?: Hannigan is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Hannigan getting more or less common?: More common. 4,212 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,554 in 2010, up 8.1%.
What are other spellings of Hannigan?: Hannegan.