Fagan is used as a family name or surname in Gaelic. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Fagan
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Gaelic
Meaning: A beech-tree. The Fagans were descended from Patrick O'Hagan, living A.D. 1180. O'Hagan, the posterity of Agan. Ogan, Ogyn or Hogyn signifies, in the Welsh, young, a youth. Gaelic, Og, mean a young man

How popular is Fagan?

Fagan is common in United States.

Fagan is ranked 12344 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Fagan bearers increased by 4.302998 per cent in 2010 US census to 17501 since 2000, the surname slipped by 88 spots and ranked at 2063. The last name was found in around 59 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 84.18 86.93
Black 10.61 9.7
Hispanic or Latino 2.79 1.38
Others 1.57 1.17
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.55 0.56
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3 0.27
Fagan is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha is ahead in terms of density. Around 43043 people have been found who wears Fagan as their family name. Fagan is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
464,493 Indonesia9
101 Montserrat8
746,494 India7
6,072 China7
9,759 Japan5
5,707 Nicaragua5
32,472 Azerbaijan3
5,298 Botswana2
13,552 Qatar2
18,718 Thailand2
12,172 Ghana2
6,900 Oman2
31,767 Greece2
5,318 Iraq2
35,969 Denmark2
698 Antigua and Barbuda2
54,641 Sweden2
10,284 Kuwait2
6,149 Ethiopia1
2,374 Bermuda1
37,493 Austria1
123,175 Tanzania1
799 British Virgin Islands1
23,434 Burkina Faso1
696 Saint Kitts and Nevis1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
24,421 Slovakia1
7,895 South Korea1
5,916 Mozambique1
5,553 Taiwan1
53,505 Turkey1
12,745 Luxembourg1
7,292 Vietnam1
2,057 Isle of Man1
7,790 Zambia1
24,460 Armenia1
58,885 Poland1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
6,376 Singapore47
20,906 Israel47
20,318 United Arab Emirates46
37,591 Belgium37
52,947 Netherlands31
11,444 Portugal28
4,481 Trinidad and Tobago26
643 United States Virgin Islands24
28,338 Norway20
50,826 Zimbabwe19
362 Cayman Islands18
1,163 Jersey17
60,256 Czech Republic15
4,076 Costa Rica14
406,964 Russia14
75 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha13
481 Gibraltar11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
33,773 Spain69
184 Dominica67
3,881 Hong Kong59
18,012 Peru57
615 Barbados54
19,965 Switzerland54
Countries with hundreds of Fagan:
1,062 Scotland748
17,837 Brazil731
1,731 New Zealand435
38,477 Germany269
39,199 Philippines258
40,848 Italy202
2,076 Wales192
1,576 Northern Ireland167
36,751 Argentina134
84,907 France110
27,127 Mexico105
Countries with thousands of Fagan:
1,643 England4,824
191 Ireland4,160
2,273 Canada2,215
2,958 South Africa2,192
1,623 Australia1,972
255 Jamaica1,695
Countries with ten thousands of Fagan:
1,830 United States21,762
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Michael Fagan worked as workman and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 25 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Georgia and arrived on May 11, 1846. Ann Fagan, aged 20, George Fagan (60) Farmer, Mary Fagan, Thomas Fagan (21), 19 years old Dorah Fagan, 17 years old George Fagan, 14 years old William Fagan, Mary Fagan, and 512 other Fagan around 50.38% of whom were workman while others worked as servant and farmer, servant, tailoress, spinster, clerk, mechanic, merchant, stone mason, house keeper, carpenter, blacksmith migrated to US.

Comments

S
Sirena Crumb
 This name is Gallo-Roman ancient form of the name is: fugacius justification for this name: St. Fagan, honored in England.

Fagan Namesakes

  • Ed Fagan, Lawyer
  • Garth Fagan, Choreographer
  • Shemia Fagan, American Politician
  • Barney Fagan, Composer
  • Bernie Fagan, Soccer player
  • Cary Fagan, Writer
  • Carson Fagan, Soccer player
  • Frank Fagan, Political leader
  • Cary Fagan, Writer
  • Cary Fagan, Writer
  • In 2016, Heather S. Fagan characterized the role of Claudia White in comedy film That One Amazing Movie.
  • In 2019 comedy, drama flick, Ape Canyon, Anna Fagan portrayed Samantha.

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