# Hartigan (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/hartigan/  
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) | 2,707 |
| US rank (2010) | 11,597 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 114,055 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.4% (2,593 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hArtagáin (“descendant of Artagán”), from a double diminutive of art (“bear”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hartigan 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) | 96% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 0.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hartigan in Australia and the United States.

## People named Hartigan

- Joan Hartigan, Australian tennis player (1912–2000)
- Grace Hartigan, American artist (1922-2008)
- Pat Hartigan, actor and film director (1881-1951)
- Roger Hartigan, Australian cricketer (1879-1958)

## Similar surnames

Hardison, Hartwig, Hartsfield, Hartz, Hartshorn, Hartzog, Hartwick, Hartig, Hartson, Hartke, Harts, Hardwick.

## 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.