The Lagana surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,182 people carried this name — #21,960 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 250,000 people counted. That is down 5% from 1,241 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Lagana surname
A surname from Sicilian.
Occupational surname from Greek λαχανάς (lachanás, “greengrocer”), itself from Ancient Greek λαχανᾶς (lakhanâs, “greengrocer”), via Sicilian; see λάχανον (lákhanon) for more.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entries «Lagana» (English) and «Laganà» (Italian), 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 274 people named Lagana 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 155 people named Lagana.
65 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
80 people named Lagana live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Solothurn.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Lagana,
with a public archive behind them.
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Domenico Lagana 1925– · critic
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Antonio Laganà 1944– · chemist
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Antonio Lagana 1946– · university teacher
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Dan Lagana 1969– · screenwriter
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Joseph Lagana 1978– · lawyer
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Lea Lagana 2001– · association football player
Wikidata (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lagana.
- Lafortune 1,574 · U.S. census
- Lafosse 625 · U.S. census
- Lafoy 450 · U.S. census
- Lafrance 5,574 · U.S. census
- Lafuente 911 · U.S. census
- Laga 271 · U.S. census
- Lagard 147 · U.S. census
- Lagarde 1,561 · U.S. census
- Lagasse 2,823 · U.S. census
- Lage 2,026 · U.S. census
- Lager 1,329 · U.S. census
- Lages 143 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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