How common is the surname Hennigan?

2,978 people in the United States had the surname Hennigan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 103,675 Americans. It ranked 10,726th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Hennigan?

John Hennigan, American poker player (born 1970).

Where is the surname Hennigan most common?

Wikidata records people named Hennigan in the United States.

Is the surname Hennigan getting more or less common?

More common. 2,901 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,978 in 2010, up 2.7%.

The surname Hennigan

An Irish surname, carried by 2,978 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). Hennigan is more common than 93.4% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Variant of Heneghan.

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 2,978 people named Hennigan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 103,675 Americans. That is up 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,901.

#10,726

rank among US surnames

2,978

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+2.7%

change since 2000 (was #10,200)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,717	Nicoletti	2,981	103,571
#10,721	Mager	2,980	103,606
#10,724	Chidester	2,979	103,641
#10,726	Hennigan	2,978	103,675
#10,728	Spoon	2,977	103,710
#10,729	Lumley	2,976	103,745
#10,731	DeFilippo	2,975	103,780

Who is named Hennigan

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

86% of people named Hennigan identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 86%
Black (not Hispanic) 9.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hennigans

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

John Hennigan
American poker player (born 1970)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hennigan

Hennigan 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 Hennigan come from?: Variant of Heneghan.
How common is the surname Hennigan?: 2,978 people in the United States had the surname Hennigan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 103,675 Americans. It ranked 10,726th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hennigan?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Hennigan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Hennigan?: John Hennigan, American poker player (born 1970).
Where is the surname Hennigan most common?: Wikidata records people named Hennigan in the United States.
Is the surname Hennigan getting more or less common?: More common. 2,901 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,978 in 2010, up 2.7%.