How common is the surname Hogan?

63,085 people in the United States had the surname Hogan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 4,894 Americans. It ranked 536th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Hogan?

Paul Hogan, Australian actor and comedian, followed by Ben Hogan.

Where is the surname Hogan most common?

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

How do you pronounce Hogan?

Hogan is /ˈhoʊɡən/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Hogan getting more or less common?

More common. 61,651 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 63,085 in 2010, up 2.3%.

The surname Hogan

An Irish surname, carried by 63,085 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈhoʊɡən/ 2 syllables Soundex H250

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hogan is more common than 99.7% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

An anglicised form of Irish Ó hÓgáin or Ó hEochagáin.

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 63,085 people named Hogan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 4,894 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 61,651.

#536

rank among US surnames

63,085

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+2.3%

change since 2000 (was #488)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#527	McBride	63,899	4,832
#528	Pope	63,881	4,833
#529	Lindsey	63,760	4,842
#530	Velazquez	63,736	4,844
#531	Norton	63,722	4,845
#532	McCormick	63,649	4,851
#533	Sparks	63,440	4,867

Who is named Hogan

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

80% of people named Hogan identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 80%
Black (not Hispanic) 14%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hogans

16 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Paul Hogan
Australian actor and comedian, born 1939
Ben Hogan
American golfer (1912–1997)
Siobhan Fallon Hogan
American actress, born 1961
Hector Hogan
Australian athletics competitor, sprinter (1931–1960)
Chuck Hogan
American writer, born 1967
P. J. Hogan
Australian film director, born 1962
Jack Hogan
American actor (1929–2023)
Dick Hogan
American actor (1917-1995)
Robert Hogan
American actor (1933–2021)
Lawrence J. Hogan
American politician from Maryland (1928–2017)
Chris Hogan
American football and lacrosse player (born 1988)
Kiera Hogan
American professional wrestler, born 1994

Notable Hogans come mostly from the United States (12) and Australia (4).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hogan

Hogan has the Soundex code H250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H250.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Hogan come from?: An anglicised form of Irish Ó hÓgáin or Ó hEochagáin.
How common is the surname Hogan?: 63,085 people in the United States had the surname Hogan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 4,894 Americans. It ranked 536th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hogan?: In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Hogan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Hogan?: Paul Hogan, Australian actor and comedian, followed by Ben Hogan.
Where is the surname Hogan most common?: Wikidata records people named Hogan in the United States and Australia.
How do you pronounce Hogan?: Hogan is /ˈhoʊɡən/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Hogan getting more or less common?: More common. 61,651 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 63,085 in 2010, up 2.3%.