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Where Does The Last Name Cougan Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Cougan has its highest incidence in Australia. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Cougan? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname is the 1,098,270^th most frequently used family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 32,679,578 people. The last name Cougan occurs mostly in Oceania, where 47 percent of Cougan live; 47 percent live in Australasia and 47 percent live in Australia and New Zealand. It is also the 3,159,357^th most widely held first name world-wide It is held by 13 people.

This surname is most frequent in Australia, where it is borne by 104 people, or 1 in 259,574. In Australia Cougan is mostly found in: New South Wales, where 45 percent reside, Queensland, where 36 percent reside and Victoria, where 8 percent reside. Excluding Australia Cougan occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 28 percent reside and France, where 9 percent reside.

Cougan Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The frequency of Cougan has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 225 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 333 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in England it rose 250 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Cougan Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those holding the Cougan surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for the political party.

Cougan earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 9.88% less than the national average, earning $38,885 USD per year.