Flannigan is used as a family name or surname in Ireland. It is 9 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Flannigan
No. of characters: 9
Origin: Ireland
Meaning:

The little ruddy man; grandson of little Flann meaning "red".

Flannigan is a form of Flanagan. The little ruddy man; grandson of little Flann meaning "red".

How popular is Flannigan?

Flannigan is common in United States, England, Scotland, Canada, Northern Ireland, South Africa, Australia.

Flannigan is ranked 84646 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Flannigan bearers increased by 1.61 per cent in 2010 US census to 2334 since 2000, the surname slipped by 728 spots and ranked at 13127. The last name was found in around 8 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 81.28 82.67
Black 14.82 14.24
Others 1.54 1.13
Hispanic or Latino 1.41 1.09
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.6 0.39
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.34 0.48
Flannigan is quite popular family name mostly used in United States however Scotland lie ahead in terms of density. Around 5705 people have been found who wears Flannigan as their family name. Flannigan is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Flannigan:
12,601 United States3,098
Countries with hundreds of Flannigan:
8,512 England743
1,160 Scotland701
7,861 Canada540
1,650 Northern Ireland174
34,819 South Africa138
24,253 Australia101
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
3,925 Ireland82
12,256 New Zealand52
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
5,436 Jamaica17
12,484 Wales16
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
447,191 Thailand9
178,634 Argentina7

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 20 years old workman Joseph Flannigan who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on May 18, 1846 by Perseverence put out from Dublin. Thomas Flannigan (20) Immigrant, Martin Flannigan, aged 24, 17 years old Catherine Flannigan, 18 years old Anne Flannigan, 18 years old Mary Flannigan, Rose Flannigan, 24 years old James Flannigan, 2 years old Marianne Flannigan, and 183 other Flannigan around 50.51% of whom were workman while others worked as carpenter and spinster, farmer, servant, blacksmith, mechanic migrated to US.

From Germany

22 years old H. Flannigan who was residing in Germany migrated to USA on April 11, 1866 by Hecla put out from Liverpool & Queenstown. Spinster Jane Flannigan, are other Flannigan that migrated to US.

Flannigan Namesakes

  • Maureen Flannigan, American actress
  • Iain Flannigan, Scottish professional footballer

Flannigan Namesakes

  • Maureen Flannigan, American actress
  • Iain Flannigan, Scottish professional footballer

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