How common is the surname Horrigan?

1,350 people in the United States had the surname Horrigan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 228,700 Americans. It ranked 19,896th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Horrigan?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Horrigan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Horrigan getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,654 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,350 in 2010, down 18%.

The surname Horrigan

An Irish surname, carried by 1,350 people in the United States.

3 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). Horrigan is more common than 87.7% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Variant of 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 1,350 people named Horrigan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 228,700 Americans. That is down 18% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,654.

#19,896

rank among US surnames

1,350

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-18.4%

change since 2000 (was #16,092)

Who is named Horrigan

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

95% of people named Horrigan identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Horrigan

Horrigan 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 Horrigan come from?: Variant of Harrigan.
How common is the surname Horrigan?: 1,350 people in the United States had the surname Horrigan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 228,700 Americans. It ranked 19,896th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Horrigan?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Horrigan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Horrigan getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,654 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,350 in 2010, down 18%.