Lanigan
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English
Alternative forms
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)
- A surname from Irish.
- A town in the Rural Municipality of Usborne, No. 210, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Lanigan is the 12025th 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: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 391.