Flanigan is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Flanigan
No. of characters: 8
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Flanigan

How popular is Flanigan?

Flanigan is common in United States.

Flanigan is ranked 41976 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Flanigan bearers increased by 6.592334 per cent in 2010 US census to 7648 since 2000, the surname slipped by 100 spots and ranked at 4640. The last name was found in around 26 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 87.94 89.17
Black 8.08 7.89
Hispanic or Latino 1.79 1.13
Others 1.35 1.06
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander
0.52 0.5
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.31 0.25
Flanigan is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Jamaica is ahead in terms of density. Around 11598 people have been found who wears Flanigan as their family name. Flanigan is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
381,097 Ukraine4
9,097 Wales3
54,641 Sweden2
4,104 South Korea2
165,773 Belarus1
810,193 Indonesia1
4,249 Cambodia1
118,015 Netherlands1
9,591 Panama1
91,024 Belgium1
151,601 Spain1
1,704,541 India1
16,640 Hong Kong1
153,416 Italy1
7,292 Vietnam1
21,562 Portugal1
17,768 Pakistan1
36,678 Singapore1
3,243 Suriname1
53,505 Turkey1
56,169 Mexico1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
29,774 Venezuela1
897,276 Russia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
7,570 Ireland38
22,809 New Zealand19
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
2,305 Northern Ireland95
133,875 France61
Countries with hundreds of Flanigan:
4,344 Australia693
16,752 South Africa365
16,099 England350
12,231 Canada314
1,644 Jamaica161
71,225 Germany134
44,861 Argentina105
5,272 Scotland105
Countries with thousands of Flanigan:
4,372 United States9,127
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Martin Flanigan worked as child and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 4 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Ottowa and arrived on May 12, 1846. Catherine Flanigan (21) Workwoman, Mary Flanigan (27) , John Flanigan, aged Of unknown age, Kate Flanigan, Patt Flanigan (34) Workman, Bridget Flanigan, aged 17, 18 years old Mary Flanigan, Mary Flanigan (17) Maid, and 203 other Flanigan around 51.38% of whom were workman while others worked as servant and farmer, mason, carpenter, weaver, seamstress, mechanic migrated to US from Liverpool, Galway and Dublin.

Flanigan Namesakes

  • Aiden Flanigan, Joe Flanigan's son
  • Joe Flanigan, Actor
  • Tom Flanigan, Baseball player
  • Lauren Flanigan, Opera Singer
  • Lauren Flanigan, Opera Singer
  • Lauren Flanigan, Opera Singer
  • Lauren Flanigan, Opera Singer
  • Lauren Flanigan, Opera Singer
  • Fergus Flanigan, Joe Flanigan's son
  • Tom Flanigan, Actor

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