Grogan

Grogan is the 3,274th most common surname in the United States, shared by 10,761 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 27,800.

By the numbers

People: 10,761
Rank: 3,274th
How common: 1 in 27,800
Per 100,000: 3.6

Where the name comes from

Origin Irish

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Grúgáin (“descendant of Grúgán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive form of grúg (“anger”) or a reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Gruagáin (“descendant of Gruagán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive form of gruag (“hair”). Compare McGrogan.

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Grogan described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 84.2%
Black, not Hispanic 7.2%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 4.0%
Hispanic or Latino 3.3%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.8%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.6%

Notable people called Grogan

James Grogan (1931–2000)American figure skater
John Grogan (born 1957)American journalist

People named Grogan with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Grogan

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.