# Kagan (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/kagan/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,925 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,891 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 105,554 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.2% (2,918 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Kagan in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 96% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.0% |
| Two or more races | 0.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Kagan in the United States.

## People named Kagan

- Elena Kagan, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States since 2010
- Robert Kagan, American historian (born 1958)
- Donald Kagan, American historian (1932-2021)
- Jerome Kagan, American psychologist (1929–2021)
- David Kagan, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bismarck
- Kimberly Kagan, American military historian
- Jeremy Kagan, American film and television director, screenwriter and television producer
- Victoria Nuland, American diplomat (born 1961)

## Similar surnames

Keegan, Kogan, Kazan, Kuzma, Kochan, Kozma, Kassim, Kazmi, Kawakami, Kocian, Kassem, Kissane.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.