# Curran (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/curran/  
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) | 24,969 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,423 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 12,365 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.7% (24,559 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Corran, Corrin, Currams |

## Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Corraidhín (“descendant of Corraidhín”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of corradh (“spear”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Curran 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) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Curran in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.

## People named Curran

- Brittany Curran, American actress
- Colin Curran, Australian soccer player
- Sam Curran, British cricketer
- Connor Curran, American freestyle skier
- Charles Courtney Curran, American painter (1861-1942)
- Kyliegh Curran, American child actress
- Mike Curran, American ice hockey goaltender
- Thomas A. Curran, American actor (1879-1941)
- John Curran, American film director
- Charles Curran, American priest and theologian
- Alvin Curran, American musician and composer
- Pat Curran, American mixed martial arts fighter

and 1 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Crane, Crain, Currin, Curren, Crean, Carrano, Curnow, Cryan, Corona, Carney, 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.