Lonergan

English

Alternative forms

• Landrigan

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Longargáin (“descendant of Longargán”), a personal name based on lonn (“strong”) + garg (“fierce”) + -án.

Proper noun

Lonergan (plural Lonergans)

1. A surname from Irish.

Derived terms

• Lonerganian

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Lonergan is the 8817^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3713 individuals. Lonergan is most common among White (94.83%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Lonergan”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 457.

Anagrams

• Algernon, nonglare, nonlarge