# Ratigan (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/ratigan/  
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 | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 736 |
| US rank (2010) | 31,453 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 419,491 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.3% (734 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Rattigan |

## Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Reachtagáin (“descendant of Reachtagán”), a personal name from a diminutive of reachtaire (“administrator, steward”) or reacht (“law”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Ratigan 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) | 96% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Similar surnames

Rathjen.

## 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.