# Callanan (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/callanan/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,418 |
| US rank (2010) | 12,760 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 127,686 people |
| Change since 2000 | +21% (1,998 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Callinan, Calnan |

## Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Callanáin (“descendant of Callanán”), a personal name of unclear origin.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Callanan in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Similar surnames

Coleman, Clements, Clemons, Clement, Clemens, Clemente, Clemmons, Colman, Cloninger, Cullinan, Colmenares, Colmenero.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.