How common is the surname Corcoran?

17,607 people in the United States had the surname Corcoran in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 17,535 Americans. It ranked 2,044th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Corcoran?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Corcoran identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Corcoran?

Noreen Corcoran, American actress and dancer (1943-2016), followed by Barbara Corcoran.

Where is the surname Corcoran most common?

Wikidata records people named Corcoran in the United States.

Is the surname Corcoran getting more or less common?

More common. 17,321 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,607 in 2010, up 1.7%.

The surname Corcoran

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 17,607 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex C626

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Corcoran is more common than 98.7% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

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

Corcoran 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 17,607 people named Corcoran in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 17,535 Americans. That is up 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 17,321.

#2,044

rank among US surnames

17,607

people in 2010

6.0

per 100,000 Americans

+1.7%

change since 2000 (was #1,905)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,035	Cerda	17,703	17,440
#2,036	Lo	17,687	17,456
#2,037	Marcus	17,671	17,472
#2,038	Crain	17,650	17,493
#2,039	Cagle	17,647	17,496
#2,040	Bauman	17,641	17,502
#2,041	Friend	17,635	17,508

Who is named Corcoran

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

94% of people named Corcoran identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Corcorans

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Noreen Corcoran
American actress and dancer (1943-2016)
Barbara Corcoran
American real estate agent and investor, born 1949
Kevin Corcoran
American child actor (1949–2015)
Donna Corcoran
American actress, born 1942
William Wilson Corcoran
American banker (1798–1888)
Matthew Corcoran
American soccer player, born 2006

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Corkern
Corkran

Surnames that sound like Corcoran

Corsaro

Corcoran has the Soundex code C626, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C626.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Corcoran come from?: From Irish Ó Corcráin (literally “descendant of Corcrán”). Variant of Cochrane.
How common is the surname Corcoran?: 17,607 people in the United States had the surname Corcoran in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 17,535 Americans. It ranked 2,044th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Corcoran?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Corcoran identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Corcoran?: Noreen Corcoran, American actress and dancer (1943-2016), followed by Barbara Corcoran.
Where is the surname Corcoran most common?: Wikidata records people named Corcoran in the United States.
What type of surname is Corcoran?: Corcoran is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Corcoran getting more or less common?: More common. 17,321 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,607 in 2010, up 1.7%.
What are other spellings of Corcoran?: Corkern and Corkran.