The Ragan surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 11,081 people carried this name — #3,258 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 26,600 people counted. That is up 6% from 10,418 in 2000.

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In Poland’s population register

927 people named Ragan have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 1,002 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 15 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Subcarpathian.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Subcarpathian 222
Lower Silesian 166
Silesian 85
Holy Cross 80
Lublin 78
Masovian 76
West Pomeranian 73
Lesser Poland 41

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In print

Ragan in American newspapers,
1898–1929.

Newspaper page from The San Francisco Call carrying the name Ragan
The San Francisco Call 1898-02-06
Newspaper page from The Indianapolis Times carrying the name Ragan
The Indianapolis Times 1929-11-12
Newspaper page from The Daily Sentinel carrying the name Ragan
The Daily Sentinel 1904-08-02

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 49,472 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Ragan in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1960s.

665 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Ragan. The most, 142, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 2.0 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 454
Victoria 73
Queensland 69
Western Australia 26
South Australia 18
Tasmania 18
ACT (Canberra) 3

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

Who carried it

People named Ragan,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Pat Ragan
    Pat Ragan 1885–1956 · baseball player
  • William Henry Ragan 1836–1909 · writer
  • John Simeon Ragan 1849–1936 · writer
  • Stanisław Ragan 1904–1945
  • Sam Ragan 1915–1996 · poet
  • David Ragan 1925–2020 · writer

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 Ragan,
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 States939 records

939 records of the Ragan name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 384
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 209
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 153
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 83
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 50
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 35
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 23
  • Sacramento County historic burials 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Claiborn W. Ragan

    Born 1925 in Oklahoma. Enlisted 1943 at San Francisco, California; farm hand. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Visalia Public Cemetery District, California.

    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 Zuzanna Ragan

    Arrived at New York in 1904 aboard the Cassel from Bremen, aged 19; servant. From Pressburg, Hungary.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Bobby Don Ragan

    U.S. Army veteran. Born 1931, died 1996; buried at Ulan Cemetery, McAlester, Oklahoma.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 939 records for Ragan in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia38 records

38 records of the Ragan name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 16
  • Tasmanian Names Index 14
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 5
  • State Library of Western Australia indexes 3
  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 Mary Ragan

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Elizabeth & Henry, sailing from London in 1848. Native of Whitechapel, Middlesex. Applied for permission to marry in Van Diemen's Land in 1850.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Francis Ragan

    Arrived in Victoria in 1841 as an assisted immigrant aboard the Middlesex, aged 23.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Biographical index Patrick Ragan

    In the Western Australian Biographical Index.

    State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 38 records for Ragan in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (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). 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); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Canada12 records

12 records of the Ragan name in Canada
  • Ontario immigration records, 1865–1883 4
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 3
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 2
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 2
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record John Ragan

    Came to Ontario in 1873 aboard the Scan, landing at Quebec, bound for Orangeville, 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 Joseph Ragan

    Buried in 1990 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 64.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  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 Gilbert Dempsey Ragan

    Died in service in 1943.

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

Showing 3 of 12 records for Ragan in Canada.

Counts: Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. 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); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

France7 records

7 records of the Ragan 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 Sophie Zofia Ragan

    Born 1906 in Poland; died 1997 in Abbeville (Somme).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Louis Elisee Ragan

    Born 1891 in Euvy; died 1985 in Avize (Marne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Katarzyna Ragan

    Born 1912 in Poland; died 1991 in Amiens (Somme).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 7 records for Ragan in France.

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).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Ragan 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 A. Ragan

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

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

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).

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