# Cryan (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/cryan/  
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) | 812 |
| US rank (2010) | 29,171 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 380,228 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.0% (804 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Ruaidhín (“son of Ruaidhín”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of ruadh (“red”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Cryan 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% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.5% |
| Two or more races | 0.7% |

## Similar surnames

Crane, Curran, Crain, Cram, Craine, Cron, Crean, Craney, Crehan, Corona, Carney, Crum.

## 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.