How common is the surname Madigan?

5,707 people in the United States had the surname Madigan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 54,099 Americans. It ranked 6,025th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Madigan?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Madigan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Madigan?

Amy Madigan, American actress, followed by Anthony Madigan.

Where is the surname Madigan most common?

Wikidata records people named Madigan in the United States and Australia.

Is the surname Madigan getting more or less common?

More common. 5,670 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,707 in 2010, up 0.7%.

The surname Madigan

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 5,707 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M325

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Madigan is more common than 96.3% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Madagáin (“descendant of Madagán”), a variant of the personal name Madadhán, which is from madadh (“dog”) + -án (“diminutive suffix”).

Madigan 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 5,707 people named Madigan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 54,099 Americans. That is up 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,670.

#6,025

rank among US surnames

5,707

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

+0.7%

change since 2000 (was #5,613)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,021	Olive	5,712	54,052
#6,022	Campa	5,709	54,080
#6,024	Parkhurst	5,708	54,090
#6,025	Theisen	5,707	54,099

Who is named Madigan

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

94% of people named Madigan identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Madigans

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Amy Madigan
American actress, born 1950
Anthony Madigan
Australian boxer (1930-2017)
Cecil Madigan
Australian geologist, explorer and botanical collector (1889–1947)
Edward Rell Madigan
American politician (1936–1994)
Lisa Madigan
American politician, born 1966

Notable Madigans come mostly from the United States (3) and Australia (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Madigan

Madigan has the Soundex code M325, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M325.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Madigan come from?: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Madagáin (“descendant of Madagán”), a variant of the personal name Madadhán, which is from madadh (“dog”) + -án (“diminutive suffix”).
How common is the surname Madigan?: 5,707 people in the United States had the surname Madigan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 54,099 Americans. It ranked 6,025th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Madigan?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Madigan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Madigan?: Amy Madigan, American actress, followed by Anthony Madigan.
Where is the surname Madigan most common?: Wikidata records people named Madigan in the United States and Australia.
What type of surname is Madigan?: Madigan is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Madigan getting more or less common?: More common. 5,670 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,707 in 2010, up 0.7%.