The surname Logan
A Scottish Gaelic place surname, carried by 67,909 people in the United States.
Pronounced /ˈloʊɡən/ 2 syllables Soundex L250 Also a first name
Origin
Scottish Gaelic origin
From Scottish Gaelic lag (“little hollow”).
Logan is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
One of 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 67,909 people named Logan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 4,546 Americans. That is up 5.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 64,576.
Who is named Logan
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
65% of people named Logan identified as white (not Hispanic), 27% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 65%
- Black (not Hispanic) 27%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
- Two or more races 2.9%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Famous Logans
23 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Joshua LoganAmerican stage and film director and writer (1908-1988)
- John LoganAmerican playwright and screenwriter (born 1961)
- Jacqueline LoganAmerican actress (1901–1983)
- Karl LoganAmerican guitarist, born 1965
- Sarah LoganAmerican professional wrestler, born 1993
- Elle LoganAmerican rower, born 1987
- William Edmond LoganBritish-Canadian geologist (1798–1875)
- Samantha LoganAmerican actress, born 1996
- John A. LoganAmerican soldier and politician (1826–1886)
- Paul LoganAmerican actor (1973- )
- David LoganAmerican basketball player, born 1982
- Johnny LoganAmerican basketball player (1921–1977)
Notable Logans come mostly from the United States (20), Canada (1) and Poland (1).
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Logan has the Soundex code L250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L250.
Other Scottish Gaelic surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Logan come from?
- From Scottish Gaelic lag (“little hollow”).
- How common is the surname Logan?
- 67,909 people in the United States had the surname Logan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 4,546 Americans. It ranked 492nd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Logan?
- In the 2010 Census, 65% of people named Logan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 27% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Who is the most famous person named Logan?
- Joshua Logan, American stage and film director and writer (1908-1988), followed by John Logan.
- Where is the surname Logan most common?
- Wikidata records people named Logan in the United States, Canada and Poland and 1 other country.
- How do you pronounce Logan?
- Logan is /ˈloʊɡən/, 2 syllables.
- What type of surname is Logan?
- Logan is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
- Is the surname Logan getting more or less common?
- More common. 64,576 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 67,909 in 2010, up 5.2%.
- Is Logan also a first name?
- Yes. Logan 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.