# Corrin (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/corrin/  
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 Manx and Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Manx |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 359 |
| US rank (2010) | 56,836 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 860,015 people |
| Change since 2000 | -16.3% (429 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Two main origins: * Anglicized form of Mac Torin from Gaelic mac Thórfinnr (from Thórr the name of the Scandinavian thunder god, and the ethnic designation Finnr) * Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Odhráin (“son of Odhrán”), a byname from a diminutive of odhar (“dun”). * A variant of Curran.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Corrin 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) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 3.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Corrin in the United Kingdom.

## People named Corrin

- Emma Corrin, British actor (born 1995)

## Similar surnames

Corona, Crain, Carrion, Corn, Currin, Cron, Corwin, Crane, Carney, Curran, Crum, Carreon.

## 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.