Carrigan is used as a family name or surname in Canada. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Carrigan
No. of characters: 8
Origin: Canada
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Carrigan

How popular is Carrigan?

Carrigan is common in Canada.

Carrigan is ranked 40510 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Carrigan bearers increased by 0.8982996 per cent in 2010 US census to 6290 since 2000, the surname slipped by 366 spots and ranked at 5529. The last name was found in around 21 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 89.84 91.29
Black 4.79 4.86
Hispanic or Latino 2.19 1.78
Others 2.02 1.17
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.67 0.64
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.49 0.26
Carrigan is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Ireland is ahead in terms of density. Around 12065 people have been found who wears Carrigan as their family name. Carrigan is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
720,003 Russia4
14,193 Egypt3
52,939 United Arab Emirates2
14,004 Hungary2
20,595 China2
492,292 Ukraine1
18,969 Wales1
15,162 Costa Rica1
7,847 Albania1
107,212 South Africa1
7,895 South Korea1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
34,581 Chile1
49,101 Denmark1
153,416 Italy1
6,212 Jamaica1
29,046 Japan1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
28,365 Kenya1
17,575 Kuwait1
56,169 Mexico1
2,309 Monaco1
37,493 Austria1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
155,398 France49
26,164 Sweden36
91,381 Spain12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
7,621 New Zealand95
2,536 Northern Ireland83
Countries with hundreds of Carrigan:
3,651 Australia834
1,418 Ireland382
2,062 Scotland348
71,225 Germany134
Countries with thousands of Carrigan:
4,982 United States7,950
6,562 England1,065
4,304 Canada1,045
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Workman Miles Carrigan from Great Britain aboard the Monteauma from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 20 years old when he arrived in USA on May 15, 1846. Workman Michael Carrigan, 21 years old Patt Carrigan, Workman Martin Carrigan, William Carrigan, aged 24, 22 years old John Carrigan, Margt. Carrigan, aged 16, Andw. Carrigan, aged 16, Bridgt. Carrigan (17) Spinster, and 144 other Carrigan around 56.1% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer and spinster, servant, joiner migrated to US.

Carrigan Namesakes

  • Bret Carrigan, Musical Artist
  • Sean Carrigan, Actor
  • Kim Carrigan, Climber
  • Anthony Carrigan, Film actor
  • Sara Carrigan, Cyclist
  • Bryan Carrigan, Music Producer
  • Bill Carrigan, Baseball player
  • Paul Carrigan, Porn star
  • Jerry Carrigan, Drummer
  • Lou Carrigan, Author

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