View the most partisan surnames in The United States

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

The surname Gagan (Arabic: جاجان, Bengali: গগন, Hindi: गगन, Marathi: गगन, Oriya: ଗଗନ, Russian: Гаган, Tibetan: ག་གན་) is carried by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

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

Gagan is the 122,819^th most frequently held last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 1,959,018 people. Gagan occurs predominantly in Asia, where 69 percent of Gagan live; 43 percent live in South Asia and 33 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Gagan is also the 7,748^th most frequent forename world-wide. It is borne by 134,446 people.

This last name is most frequently held in India, where it is borne by 1,237 people, or 1 in 620,101. In India Gagan is mostly concentrated in: Gujarat, where 19 percent reside, Punjab, where 17 percent reside and Maharashtra, where 11 percent reside. Outside of India this last name is found in 43 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 19 percent reside and The United States, where 17 percent reside.

Gagan Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Gagan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Gagan surname grew 208 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 169 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it contracted 56 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 67 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Gagan Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Gagan surname is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland and Orthodox (89%) in Russia.

In The United States those holding the Gagan surname are 8.67% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 61.9% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Gagan earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 8.43% more than the national average, earning $46,788 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.4% less than the national average, earning $48,492 CAD per year.