The Hagan surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 21,017 people carried this name — #1,710 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 14,000 people counted. That is up 5% from 19,973 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Hagan surname

From the Irish surname, from Ó hÁgáin, "descendant of Ógán, diminutive of óg (“young”). Also from Ó hAodhagáin, "descendant of Aodhagán, from aodh (“fire”).

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

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a baptismal name, from a given name: ‘the son of Hagan’.

An early record he cites: Robert Hakene, Norfolk, 1273 — Hundred Rolls.

His entry covers Hagan and Hagon.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 347 · public domain.

In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890

Ireland registered 63 births for the Hagan name in 1890.

Most were registered in Ulster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 2,800 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. 14 of them were indexed under other spellings of the name. The Registrar-General’s note on the name: “Anfrim, Tyrone, and Armagh.”

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born, 1890

Ulster 49
Leinster 12
Connacht 2

Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.

In the Nordic population registers

23 people named Hagan is counted in Finland.

Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.

Counted, by country

Finland (2026) 23

Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

45 families named Hagan, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 233 people lived in those households, 5.2 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 7 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Maryland 19
South Carolina 11
Pennsylvania 7
Virginia 4
New York 3
Connecticut 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 243 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Hagan in American newspapers,
1880–1895.

Newspaper page from The New Orleans Daily Democrat carrying the name Hagan
The New Orleans Daily Democrat 1880-04-17
Newspaper page from The New Orleans Daily Democrat carrying the name Hagan
The New Orleans Daily Democrat 1880-04-16
Newspaper page from San Antonio Daily Light carrying the name Hagan
San Antonio Daily Light 1895-12-15

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 153,449 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Hagan in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1990s.

16,336 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hagan. The most, 2,599, date from the 1890s. 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 the Northern Territory, at 2.4 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 4,612
Queensland 4,575
Victoria 4,404
Western Australia 1,516
South Australia 739
Tasmania 281
ACT (Canberra) 115
Northern Territory 60

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

Who carried it

People named Hagan,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jacob Hagen
    Jacob Hagen 1809–1870 · winemaker
  • James Hagan
    James Hagan 1822–1901 · military officer
  • Edward P. Hagan
    Edward P. Hagan 1846–1893 · politician
  • Victor Hagan d. 2026 · politician
  • Robert Hagan 1794– · naval officer
  • Barney Hagan 1799–1858

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Hagan,
in the records of 8 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 States3,995 records

3,995 records of the Hagan name in the United States
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1,089
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1,080
  • Other U.S. records 1,826
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Milo Hagan

    Born 1907 in Louisiana. Enlisted 1942 at Camp Livingston; porter from Rapides Parish. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1975, buried at Alexandria National Cemetery, Louisiana.

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

    Arrived at New York in 1882 aboard the Germanic from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 55; servant. From Cork, Ireland; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Robert Albert Hagan

    Born 1947; from Anderson, Indiana. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1968 in Binh Long, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 3,995 records for Hagan 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) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State, Open NY (police and firefighter memorial rolls) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Australia589 records

589 records of the Hagan name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 281
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 108
  • Other Australian records 200
  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 Catherine Hagan

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Emma Eugenia, sailing from London in 1843. Native of Liverpool, Lancashire. Applied for permission to marry in Van Diemen's Land in 1850.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Elizabeth Hagan

    Died 1894 in Clarence, Tasmania, aged 35. Will registered in Tasmania in 1894.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record William John Hagan

    Married 1853 in Hobart, Tasmania, aged 24. Died 1860 in Brighton, Tasmania, aged 30.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 589 records for Hagan 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) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · ACT Government, Transport Canberra and City Services (CC BY 4.0). 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); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Canada103 records

103 records of the Hagan name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 72
  • Ontario immigration records, 1865–1883 10
  • Other Canadian records 21
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Jane Hagan

    Came to Ontario in 1866 aboard the Virginia, landing at N. York, bound for Thornsbury, Ontario; Irish.

    Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Audrey Perdriau Hagan

    Buried in 1978 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 62.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Eva Gladys Hagan

    Died 1926 in Hunts Point, Queens, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 103 records for Hagan in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Norway24 records

24 records of the Hagan name in Norway Norway's 1910 census
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Asle Hagan

    Census of 1910: Hagan, Sigdal; forestry worker, born 1889 in Sigdal.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)
  2. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Ingemar Hagan

    Census of 1910: Mælashagen, Stjørdalen; farm labourer, born 1896 in Stjørdalen.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Karl Sigvardt Hagan

    Census of 1910: Steinsætren (plads), Hole; fisherman, born 1878 in Hole.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)

Showing 3 of 24 records for Hagan in Norway.

Counts: Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

United Kingdom20 records

20 records of the Hagan name in the United Kingdom
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 10
  • St James's burial ground, Euston (London), 1789–1853 8
  • Other British records 2
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Mary Hagan

    Buried in 1825 at St James's burial ground, Euston, London, aged 51.

    MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record John Hagan

    Buried in 1964 at St Thomas Cemetery, Stirling, Scotland.

    Stirling Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
  3. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record John Hagan

    Corporal; killed or died by 1921. Named in the roll of honour, Arbroath and district, 1914-1919.

    National Library of Scotland, Rolls of Honour (public domain)

Showing 3 of 20 records for Hagan in the United Kingdom.

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. · National Library of Scotland, Rolls of Honour (public domain) · Stirling Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0); C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Netherlands2 records

2 records of the Hagan name in the Netherlands Dutch population registers
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Minna Hagan

    In the population register of Eindhoven; born 1909 in Louburg Rusland.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Historisch Centrum Eindhoven (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register John Patrick Hagan

    In a population register; born 1860.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

Germany2 records

2 records of the Hagan name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Emil Hagan

    From Niendorf. Reported taken prisoner in the Prussian casualty list of 28 March 1916 (Infantry Regiment No. 84).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Showing 1 of 2 records for Hagan in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

France1 record

1 record of the Hagan name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Colin Peter Hagan

    Born 1957 in the United Kingdom; died 1990 in Rennes (Ille-et-Vilaine).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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