Lanigan

English

Alternative forms

• Lanagan

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Lonagáin (“descendant of Lonagán”), apparently a double diminutive of lon (“blackbird”), but possibly a variant of Flanagan.

Proper noun

Lanigan (countable and uncountable, plural Lanigans)

1. A surname from Irish.
2. A town in the Rural Municipality of Usborne, No. 210, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Lanigan is the 12025^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2596 individuals. Lanigan is most common among White (89.25%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Lanigan”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 391.

Anagrams

• Analgin, Anglian, Langian, analing, anginal, galanin