How common is the surname Hourigan?

1,227 people in the United States had the surname Hourigan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 251,626 Americans. It ranked 21,348th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hourigan?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Hourigan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Hourigan getting more or less common?

More common. 1,158 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,227 in 2010, up 6.0%.

The surname Hourigan

An Irish surname, carried by 1,227 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). Hourigan is more common than 86.8% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Variant of Horgan.

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 1,227 people named Hourigan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 251,626 Americans. That is up 6.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,158.

#21,348

rank among US surnames

1,227

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+6%

change since 2000 (was #21,124)

Who is named Hourigan

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

95% of people named Hourigan identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Two or more races 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hourigan

Hourigan 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 Hourigan come from?: Variant of Horgan.
How common is the surname Hourigan?: 1,227 people in the United States had the surname Hourigan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 251,626 Americans. It ranked 21,348th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hourigan?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Hourigan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Hourigan getting more or less common?: More common. 1,158 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,227 in 2010, up 6.0%.