How common is the surname Lagana?

1,182 people in the United States had the surname Lagana in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 261,206 Americans. It ranked 21,960th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lagana?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Lagana identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Lagana getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,241 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,182 in 2010, down 4.8%.

The surname Lagana

An Italian surname, carried by 1,182 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex L250

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lagana is more common than 86.5% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Laganà.

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,182 people named Lagana in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 261,206 Americans. That is down 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,241.

#21,960

rank among US surnames

1,182

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-4.8%

change since 2000 (was #20,006)

Who is named Lagana

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

96% of people named Lagana identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

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

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Lagana

Laguna

Lagana has the Soundex code L250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L250.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Lagana come from?: Borrowed from Italian Laganà.
How common is the surname Lagana?: 1,182 people in the United States had the surname Lagana in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 261,206 Americans. It ranked 21,960th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lagana?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Lagana identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Lagana getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,241 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,182 in 2010, down 4.8%.