# Lanigan (surname)

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

A surname from Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,596 |
| US rank (2010) | 12,025 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 118,931 people |
| Change since 2000 | +11% (2,350 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Lanagan |

## Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Lonagáin (“descendant of Lonagán”), apparently a double diminutive of lon (“blackbird”), but possibly a variant of Flanagan.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Lanigan 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) | 89% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.2% |

## Similar surnames

Langan, Langone, Lansing, Langham, Langner, Longman, Langsam, Lingenfelter, Longmire, Lamkin, Lamson, Longenecker.

## 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.