# Cochrane (surname)

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

A Scottish habitational surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 8,355 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,246 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 36,953 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.5% (8,228 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkɑkɹən/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Cochran, Cockrum, Cocrane, Cocran, Cochren, Cockram, Cockran, Cockren, Colqueran, Cothran |

## Etymology

The surname has multiple origins: # From the placename "Lowlands of Cochrane", in Paisley, Renfrewshire. # An anglicization of Scottish Gaelic Maceachrain. # An anglicization of Irish Ó Corcráin (“descendant of Corcrán”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Cochrane 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) | 86% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 7.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Cochrane in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Cochrane

- Josephine Cochrane, American inventor (1839–1913)
- Rory Cochrane, American actor
- Annalisa Cochrane, American actress (born 1996)
- Archie Cochrane, British doctor (1909–1988)
- Mickey Cochrane, American baseball player
- Harry Cochrane, association football player

## Similar surnames

Cochran, Cockerham, Cockrum.

## 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.