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    The surname Cranor

    An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 885 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C656

    Cranor: #27,303 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Cranor #27,303, 885 people Cranor: #27,303 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Cranor #27,303, 885 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cranor is more common than 83.2% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Thréinfhir (“son of Thréinfhear”) a personal name composed of the elements tréan (“strong”) + fear (“man”). Compare Trainor.

    Cranor 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 885 people named Cranor in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 348,865 Americans. That is up 7.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 826.

    #27,303
    rank among US surnames
    885
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.1%
    change since 2000 (was #27,475)

    Who is named Cranor

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

    94% of people named Cranor identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as two or more races and 1.6% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Cranor

    Cranor has the Soundex code C656, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C656.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Cranor come from?
    Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Thréinfhir (“son of Thréinfhear”) a personal name composed of the elements tréan (“strong”) + fear (“man”). Compare Trainor.
    How common is the surname Cranor?
    885 people in the United States had the surname Cranor in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 348,865 Americans. It ranked 27,303rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cranor?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Cranor identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as two or more races.
    What type of surname is Cranor?
    Cranor is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Cranor getting more or less common?
    More common. 826 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 885 in 2010, up 7.1%.