The Flanigan surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,648 people carried this name — #4,640 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 38,600 people counted. That is up 7% from 7,175 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Flanigan surname

Variant of Flanagan.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Flanigan» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 42 people named Flanigan live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 42

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Flanigan in American newspapers,
1919–1920.

Newspaper page from Great Falls Daily Tribune carrying the name Flanigan
Great Falls Daily Tribune 1920-02-08
Newspaper page from Great Falls Daily Tribune carrying the name Flanigan
Great Falls Daily Tribune 1920-02-06
Newspaper page from Great Falls Daily Tribune carrying the name Flanigan
Great Falls Daily Tribune 1919-08-09

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Flanigan in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1990s.

2,896 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Flanigan. The most, 676, date from the 1940s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Western Australia, at 1.4 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 1,380
Queensland 443
Victoria 381
Western Australia 356
South Australia 245
ACT (Canberra) 44
Tasmania 39
Northern Territory 2

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Flanigan.

Who carried it

People named Flanigan,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Walter Flanigan
    Walter Flanigan 1890–1962 · coach
  • Peter Flanigan
    Peter Flanigan 1923–2013 · banker
  • Patrick L. Flanigan 1858–1920 · politician
  • Edward Flanigan 1874–1932 · judge
  • Joseph T. Flanigan 1894–1970 · politician
  • Jack Flanigan 1905–1978 · Australian rules football player

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Flanigan,
in the records of 5 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States1,898 records

1,898 records of the Flanigan name in the United States
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 747
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 404
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 249
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 214
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 128
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 111
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 39
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Wesley Elmer Flanigan

    Born 1932; from Nashville, Tennessee. U.S. Marine Corps, ground supply operations officer; killed in action 1969 in Quang Tin, South Vietnam. Buried at Nashville National Cemetery, Tennessee.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Hugh L. Flanigan

    Born 1914 in Texas. Enlisted 1942 at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri; kitchen worker. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1988, buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Missouri.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Annie Flanigan

    Arrived at New York in 1892 aboard the City of Rome from Glasgow and Moville, aged 28; servant. From Derry, Ireland; bound for Philadelphia.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 1,898 records for Flanigan in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia192 records

192 records of the Flanigan name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 100
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 34
  • Tasmanian Names Index 22
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 19
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 16
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Charles Flanigan

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Larkins, arriving 1829; ticket of leave 1841. Native of Tip.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Eliza Flanigan

    Arrived in Victoria in 1857 aboard the Herald of the Morning, aged 19; Irish.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Thomas Flanigan

    Gardener of Maryborough, Victoria; died 1885.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 192 records for Flanigan in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Canada48 records

48 records of the Flanigan name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 39
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 3
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 2
  • Ontario immigration records, 1865–1883 2
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 2
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Nellie Flanigan

    Died 1914 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Julia Louisa La Flanigan

    Died 1924; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record William John Flanigan

    Died in service in 1918.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 48 records for Flanigan in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

United Kingdom5 records

5 records of the Flanigan name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record P. Flanigan

    Gunner, Royal Field Artillery. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record D. Flanigan

    Leinster Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  3. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record A. Flanigan

    Highland Light Infantry. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Showing 3 of 5 records for Flanigan in the United Kingdom.

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

New Zealand3 records

3 records of the Flanigan name in New Zealand
  • Thames-Coromandel District cemetery records 2
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Clair Francis Flanigan

    Died 1986, aged 66; buried at Mercury Bay Cemetery, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato.

    Thames-Coromandel District Council (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record P. Flanigan

    Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Francis Desmond Flanigan

    Died 1993, aged 73; buried at Mercury Bay Cemetery, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato.

    Thames-Coromandel District Council (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Thames-Coromandel District Council (CC BY 4.0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0); Livre d’or of the war dead, Paris, Ministère des pensions, Archives nationales (CC0).

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