Flagan Surname

2,555,468th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 57 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Ireland

Flagan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Flagan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States521:6,970,364322,914
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Wales71:224,0598,079
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States411:1,224,84668,768

Flagan (16) may also be a first name.

Flagan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Flagan Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Flagan is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Flagan? popularity and diffusion

The surname Flagan is the 2,555,468th most frequently used last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 127,851,683 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 93 percent of Flagan are found; 93 percent are found in North America and 93 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,786,762nd most widely held forename world-wide, held by 16 people.

The last name Flagan is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 52 people, or 1 in 6,970,364. In The United States Flagan is primarily found in: California, where 25 percent are found, Washington, where 25 percent are found and Texas, where 12 percent are found. Not including The United States it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Ireland, where 2 percent are found and Canada, where 2 percent are found.

Flagan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Flagan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Flagan surname increased 127 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 50 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Flagan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States Flagan are 15.73% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 62.5% registered with the political party.

Flagan earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 44.88% more than the national average, earning $62,514 USD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Flagan
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