How common is the surname Creedon?

1,385 people in the United States had the surname Creedon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 222,921 Americans. It ranked 19,498th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Creedon?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Creedon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Creedon getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,430 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,385 in 2010, down 3.1%.

The surname Creedon

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 1,385 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C635

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Creedon is more common than 88% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Críodáin (“descendant of Críodán”), a personal name of obscure origin.

Creedon 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 1,385 people named Creedon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 222,921 Americans. That is down 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,430.

#19,498

rank among US surnames

1,385

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-3.1%

change since 2000 (was #17,996)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#19,489	Pulsifer	1,386	222,760
#19,498	Dubuque	1,385	222,921

Who is named Creedon

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

97% of people named Creedon identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
Two or more races 1.0%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Creeden

Surnames that sound like Creedon

Creedon has the Soundex code C635, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C635.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Creedon come from?: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Críodáin (“descendant of Críodán”), a personal name of obscure origin.
How common is the surname Creedon?: 1,385 people in the United States had the surname Creedon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 222,921 Americans. It ranked 19,498th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Creedon?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Creedon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is Creedon?: Creedon is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Creedon getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,430 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,385 in 2010, down 3.1%.
What are other spellings of Creedon?: Creeden.