# Crean (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/crean/  
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) | 1,344 |
| US rank (2010) | 19,955 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 229,721 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.8% (1,369 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Croidheáin (“descendant of Croidheán”), a byname derived from a diminutive of croidhe (“heart”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Crean 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) | 1.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.6% |
| Two or more races | 0.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Crean in Australia.

## People named Crean

- Simon Crean, Australian politician (1949–2023)

## Similar surnames

Crane, Carney, Curran, Crain, Carreon, Carreno, Craine, Cron, Curren, Craney, Cerna, Cram.

## 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.