Flanagan Surname

7,429th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 76,496 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Ireland

Flanagan Surname Definition:

(Celtic) Of Red Complexion.

[Irish Flannagan—flann, red + the diminutive suff, -gan]

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Flanagan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States42,9611:8,4371,007
England9,9921:5,576791
Ireland8,2301:57294
Australia6,6461:4,062585
Canada2,9071:12,6751,866
Northern Ireland1,4151:1,304269
South Africa1,3831:39,1745,041
Scotland9041:5,922959
New Zealand6251:7,2451,235
Wales3351:9,2371,017
Thailand2021:349,69560,810
Netherlands981:172,31824,957
Dominican Republic851:122,7405,063
Germany681:1,183,90477,258
Zimbabwe621:249,00426,834
Japan511:2,506,75130,743
Singapore391:141,2236,278
Portugal381:274,16410,086
Spain381:1,230,31741,658
France321:2,075,710171,237
Sweden261:378,72126,697
Argentina221:1,942,88297,983
Philippines221:4,601,737165,269
Brazil201:10,703,717220,519
Isle of Man191:4,517958
Denmark191:297,09021,940
Chile191:927,18319,125
Malaysia181:1,638,56867,452
Switzerland151:547,52838,365
Belgium131:884,35769,774
Jamaica121:239,1626,359
Hong Kong121:611,2903,500
India121:63,922,115578,870
United Arab Emirates101:916,22736,116
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Bahrain91:149,8455,469
Hungary81:1,227,03553,030
China71:195,331,65210,124
Israel61:1,426,27275,466
Gibraltar61:5,659991
Czechia51:2,126,694115,412
Jersey51:19,8403,614
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
Guernsey41:16,1101,225
Panama41:978,06412,245
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Austria41:2,128,85991,203
Uruguay41:857,94031,713
Ecuador41:3,976,46228,589
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
United States Virgin Islands31:36,7924,502
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Cambodia31:5,162,38210,688
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Guyana21:381,11013,532
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Faroe Islands11:48,9982,049
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Guinea11:11,833,8173,268
Guam11:160,1214,893
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland6,7401:657105
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,0841:11,6961,785
Scotland2211:16,9381,810
Wales351:44,8122,341
Jersey41:12,9712,116
Isle of Man21:27,1351,659
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5,4471:9,2201,167

Flanagan (138) may also be a first name.

Flanagan Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Celtic) Of Red Complexion.

[Irish Flannagan—flann, red + the diminutive suff, -gan]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Ó Flannagáin Of the several septs of the name (see Map) that of Connacht is the most important.

IF 146; MIF 186; Map Fer, Off and Ros; Plate XI

A Guide to Irish Names (1964) by Edward MacLysaght

(Irish) The little ruddy man; grandson of little Flann (red).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

User-submitted Reference

Gaelic: Ó Flanagáin, derived from the word flann, which means 'red' or 'ruddy'.

- raychik

Gaelic: Ó Flannagáin, derived from the word flann, which means red or ruddy.

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Flanagan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Flanagan (Marathi: नािगन, Russian: Фланаган) occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Flanagan? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 7,429th most widely held family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 95,267 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 60 percent of Flanagan live; 60 percent live in North America and 60 percent live in Anglo-North America. Flanagan is also the 787,636th most prevalent first name internationally. It is borne by 138 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 42,961 people, or 1 in 8,437. In The United States it is mostly found in: New York, where 9 percent reside, Texas, where 8 percent reside and California, where 8 percent reside. Apart from The United States this last name occurs in 91 countries. It also occurs in England, where 13 percent reside and Ireland, where 11 percent reside.

Flanagan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Flanagan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Flanagan surname rose 789 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 479 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it rose 122 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 409 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it rose 957 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Flanagan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly Catholic (97%) in Ireland.

In The United States Flanagan are 5.86% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 52.63% registered with the party.

The amount Flanagan earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 2.97% more than the national average, earning 356,374 kr per year; in Peru they earn 50.14% less than the national average, earning S/. 9,666 per year; in South Africa they earn 28.48% more than the national average, earning R 305,316 per year; in United States they earn 7.93% more than the national average, earning $46,572 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.65% more than the national average, earning $53,982 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Flanagan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Flanagan in the Marathi language
नािगनnaigana50
ानगनanagana25
लानगनlanagana25
Flanagan in the Russian language
Фланаганflanagan-

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Flanagan Reference & Research

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