The surname Cloonan
An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 907 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex C455
Origin
Irish origin
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cluanáin (“descendant of Cluanán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive form of cluanach (“deceitful”).
Cloonan is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 907 people named Cloonan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 340,403 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 887.
Who is named Cloonan
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
96% of people named Cloonan identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 96%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
- Two or more races 0.9%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Cloonan
Cloonan has the Soundex code C455, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C455.
Other Irish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Cloonan come from?
- Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cluanáin (“descendant of Cluanán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive form of cluanach (“deceitful”).
- How common is the surname Cloonan?
- 907 people in the United States had the surname Cloonan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 340,403 Americans. It ranked 26,814th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Cloonan?
- In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Cloonan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- What type of surname is Cloonan?
- Cloonan is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
- Is the surname Cloonan getting more or less common?
- More common. 887 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 907 in 2010, up 2.3%.