Cogan is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Cogan
No. of characters: 5
Origin: England
Meaning: Name Breton family focused in Finistère (Varientes: Cogam, Cogant), which corresponds to the Breton old "coucant" (= perfect, of course, see the modern Breton "kaougant" = full). If the name is English, it means probably the one who is from Cogan (county of Glamorgan). If he is Irish, it matches Cogadhain Mac (personal name meaning "dog of war"). Alternatively lorque the name is neither Breton nor English or Irish: variant Kogan, Slavic form of Cohen (qv).

How popular is Cogan?

Cogan is common in England.

Cogan is ranked 44397 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Cogan bearers increased by 0.02754821 per cent in 2010 US census to 3631 since 2000, the surname slipped by 635 spots and ranked at 9006. The last name was found in around 12 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 93.42 94.74
Hispanic or Latino 2.59 1.93
Others 1.9 1.21
Black 1.29 1.4
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.66 0.44
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.14 0.28
Cogan is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Ireland is ahead in terms of density. Around 10875 people have been found who wears Cogan as their family name. Cogan is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
9,568 Thailand8
318,252 Ukraine6
23,165 Romania3
20,541 Peru3
15,999 Slovakia2
9,185 Hong Kong2
8,995 Uganda2
18,625 Japan2
1,500,361 India2
20,595 China2
53,033 Nigeria1
49,101 Denmark1
696 Saint Kitts and Nevis1
9,498 Iceland1
28,365 Kenya1
36,678 Singapore1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
81,201 Switzerland1
2,613 The Bahamas1
24,176 Qatar1
56,169 Mexico1
47,891 Norway1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
18,969 Wales1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
3,642 Northern Ireland48
95,259 Italy45
37,591 Belgium37
18,843 Chile36
40,652 Czech Republic29
71,920 Spain22
377,825 Russia17
78,557 Netherlands13
411,400 Indonesia11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
5,546 Scotland98
8,410 Moldova64
7,779 Uruguay61
11,769 New Zealand54
Countries with hundreds of Cogan:
861 Ireland775
13,161 France710
13,064 Turkey524
5,724 Australia516
2,720 Israel424
10,195 Canada387
19,321 South Africa310
22,208 Argentina239
44,967 Brazil238
50,182 Germany202
Countries with thousands of Cogan:
7,920 United States4,737
5,797 England1,231
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Immigrant Joseph Cogan from Ireland aboard the Ottowa from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 26 years old when he arrived in USA on May 12, 1846. 24 years old Mary Cogan, Mary Cogan (25) Workwoman, Thomas Cogan, aged 21, 30 years old John Cogan, Peter Cogan, aged 22, Margt. Cogan (19) Workwoman, Jas. Cogan, aged 31, Workwoman Catherine Cogan, and 107 other Cogan around 58.21% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer and spinster, lady, servant, storekeeper migrated to US.

Cogan Namesakes

  • Thomas Cogan, Writer
  • Alma Cogan, Singer
  • Henri Cogan, Actor
  • Aoife Cogan, Model
  • Alma Cogan, Singer
  • Thomas Cogan, Physician
  • Robert Cogan, Music composer
  • Alma Cogan, Singer
  • Alma Cogan, Singer
  • Doloris Coulter Cogan, Author

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