Horigan is used as a family name or surname in Ireland. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Horigan
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Ireland
Meaning:

Horigan is the variation of the Aragand. Probably from Arragon, the Spanish province.

Horigan is variation of Harrigan. Grandson of little Anradh meaning "warrior or champion".

Horigan is variant form of Organ. See under Orgles - According to the definition of Halliwell, who cites from MS. Douce, 302, f. 3, the line, "He con harpe, he con syng, his orgles ben herd ful wyd." Orgel, German, an organ. Now Organ is also a well-recognised surname, and hence it would seem that the noblest of all musical instruments has lent its aid to swell the family nomenclature. In what way Orgles and Organ became family names it is hard to guess: perhaps the first bearers of them were medieval organists.

How popular is Horigan?

Horigan is common in United States.

Horigan is ranked 491397 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Horigan bearers increased by 4.85 per cent in 2010 US census to 346 since 2000, the surname slipped by 899 spots and ranked at 58604. The last name was found in around 1 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.8 96.06
Black 2.6 3.33
Horigan is a very rare surname, few people in United States have the family name and might be arised from United States. Around 673 people have been found who wears Horigan as their family name. Horigan have bearers in many countries around the world. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with hundreds of Horigan:
49,842 United States589
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
47,923 England59
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
109,631 Australia10
220,704 Canada8

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