How common is the surname Horgan?

4,202 people in the United States had the surname Horgan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 73,476 Americans. It ranked 7,875th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Horgan?

Cara Horgan, British actress, followed by John Horgan.

Where is the surname Horgan most common?

Wikidata records people named Horgan in the United Kingdom and the United States.

Is the surname Horgan getting more or less common?

More common. 3,666 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,202 in 2010, up 15%.

The surname Horgan

An Irish surname, carried by 4,202 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H625

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Horgan is more common than 95.1% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hArgáin, a contracted form of Ó hArragáin, from which Harrigan.

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 4,202 people named Horgan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 73,476 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,666.

#7,875

rank among US surnames

4,202

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+14.6%

change since 2000 (was #8,312)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,870	Shoemake	4,205	73,423
#7,873	Crank	4,204	73,441
#7,874	Pendley	4,203	73,458
#7,875	Horgan	4,202	73,476
#7,876	Pasillas	4,201	73,493

Who is named Horgan

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

90% of people named Horgan identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Horgans

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Cara Horgan
British actress, born 1984
John Horgan
American science journalist, born 1953

Notable Horgans come mostly from the United Kingdom (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Hargan
Hourigan

Surnames that sound like Horgan

Horgan has the Soundex code H625, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H625.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Horgan come from?: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hArgáin, a contracted form of Ó hArragáin, from which Harrigan.
How common is the surname Horgan?: 4,202 people in the United States had the surname Horgan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 73,476 Americans. It ranked 7,875th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Horgan?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Horgan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Horgan?: Cara Horgan, British actress, followed by John Horgan.
Where is the surname Horgan most common?: Wikidata records people named Horgan in the United Kingdom and the United States.
Is the surname Horgan getting more or less common?: More common. 3,666 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,202 in 2010, up 15%.
What are other spellings of Horgan?: Hargan and Hourigan.