# Logan (surname)

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

A Scottish habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic, from the village in Ayrshire.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Scottish Gaelic |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 67,909 |
| US rank (2010) | 492 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 4,546 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.2% (64,576 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈloʊɡən/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic lag (“little hollow”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Logan 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) | 65% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 27% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.1% |
| Two or more races | 2.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Logan in the United States, Canada, Poland and the United Kingdom.

## People named Logan

- Joshua Logan, American stage and film director and writer (1908-1988)
- John Logan, American playwright and screenwriter (born 1961)
- Jacqueline Logan, American actress (1901–1983)
- Karl Logan, American guitarist
- Sarah Logan, American professional wrestler
- Elle Logan, American rower
- William Edmond Logan, British-Canadian geologist (1798–1875)
- Samantha Logan, American actress
- John A. Logan, American soldier and politician (1826–1886)
- Paul Logan, American actor (1973- )
- David Logan, American basketball player
- Johnny Logan, American basketball player (1921–1977)

and 11 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Legan, Lozano, Lawson, Lujan, Luciano, Ligon, Lejeune, Laguna, Lakin, Lezama, Lazcano, Lizama.

## 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.