Gahagan is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Gahagan
No. of characters: 7
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Gahagan

How popular is Gahagan?

Gahagan is common in United States.

Gahagan is ranked 126804 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Gahagan bearers increased by 2.395893 per cent in 2010 US census to 1795 since 2000, the surname slipped by 756 spots and ranked at 16125. The last name was found in around 6 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 91.87 92.24
Black 3.96 4.56
Others 1.73 0.68
Hispanic or Latino 1.67 1.43
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.45 0.74
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.33 0.34
Gahagan is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in United States. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Scotland. Around 3125 people have been found who wears Gahagan as their family name. Gahagan have bearers in many countries around the world. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
172,258 Germany1
120,357 Argentina1
118,015 Netherlands1
169,904 Brazil1
153,416 Italy1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
100,009 Australia15
29,517 New Zealand12
Countries with hundreds of Gahagan:
14,763 South Africa420
21,023 England247
4,243 Scotland138
31,803 Canada105
Countries with thousands of Gahagan:
15,389 United States2,182

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 16 years old maid Catherine Gahagan who was residing in Ireland migrated to Providence on May 1, 1846 by Shananga put out from Liverpool. Catharine Gahagan, aged 21, Martin Gahagan (30) Workman, Bridget Gahagan, Workwoman Lucy Gahagan, Immigrant Mary Gahagan, Charles Gahagan (14) Workman, 30 years old Letty Gahagan, Catherine Gahagan, aged 26, and 32 other Gahagan around 50% of whom were workman migrated to US from Dublin, Liverpool and Sligo.

Gahagan Namesakes

  • Helen Gahagan Douglas, American Politician
  • Helen Gahagan Douglas, American Politician
  • Helen Gahagan Douglas, American Politician

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