# Corcoran (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/corcoran/  
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) | 17,607 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,044 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 17,535 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.7% (17,321 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Corkern, Corkran |

## Etymology

From Irish Ó Corcráin (literally “descendant of Corcrán”). Variant of Cochrane.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Corcoran 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) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Corcoran in the United States.

## People named Corcoran

- Noreen Corcoran, American actress and dancer (1943-2016)
- Barbara Corcoran, American real estate agent and investor
- Kevin Corcoran, American child actor (1949–2015)
- Donna Corcoran, American actress
- William Wilson Corcoran, American banker (1798–1888)
- Matthew Corcoran, American soccer player

## Similar surnames

Corsaro, Crocker, Crozier, Creager, Crosier, Crigger, Croker, Corker, Craycraft, Corkery, Crager, Carriker.

## 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.