How common is the surname Kerrigan?

6,714 people in the United States had the surname Kerrigan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 45,985 Americans. It ranked 5,204th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kerrigan?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kerrigan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Kerrigan?

Nancy Kerrigan, American figure skater (born 1969), followed by J. Warren Kerrigan.

Where is the surname Kerrigan most common?

Wikidata records people named Kerrigan in the United States.

Is the surname Kerrigan getting more or less common?

More common. 5,435 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,714 in 2010, up 24%.

Is Kerrigan also a first name?

Yes. Kerrigan is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Kerrigan

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 6,714 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex K625 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kerrigan is more common than 96.8% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Ciaragáin (“grandson/descendant of Ciaragán”), a byname from a double diminutive of ciar (“black”).

Kerrigan is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

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 6,714 people named Kerrigan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 45,985 Americans. That is up 24% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,435.

#5,204

rank among US surnames

6,714

people in 2010

2.3

per 100,000 Americans

+23.5%

change since 2000 (was #5,831)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,195	Bremer	6,733	45,856
#5,196	Rountree	6,726	45,903
#5,197	Roybal	6,725	45,910
#5,198	Zachary	6,724	45,917
#5,199	Somerville	6,721	45,937
#5,201	Orton	6,720	45,944
#5,202	Fife	6,719	45,951

Who is named Kerrigan

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

95% of people named Kerrigan identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kerrigans

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Nancy Kerrigan
American figure skater (born 1969)
J. Warren Kerrigan
American actor and director (1879-1947)
Ryan Kerrigan
American football player (born 1988)
Herbert Kerrigan
American high jumper (1879–1959)
Lodge Kerrigan
American screenwriter and director (born 1964)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Kerrigan

Krizan

Kerrigan has the Soundex code K625, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K625.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Kerrigan come from?: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Ciaragáin (“grandson/descendant of Ciaragán”), a byname from a double diminutive of ciar (“black”).
How common is the surname Kerrigan?: 6,714 people in the United States had the surname Kerrigan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 45,985 Americans. It ranked 5,204th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kerrigan?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kerrigan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kerrigan?: Nancy Kerrigan, American figure skater (born 1969), followed by J. Warren Kerrigan.
Where is the surname Kerrigan most common?: Wikidata records people named Kerrigan in the United States.
What type of surname is Kerrigan?: Kerrigan is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Kerrigan getting more or less common?: More common. 5,435 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,714 in 2010, up 24%.
Is Kerrigan also a first name?: Yes. Kerrigan is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.