How common is the surname Curran?

24,969 people in the United States had the surname Curran in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 12,365 Americans. It ranked 1,423rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Curran?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Curran identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Curran?

Brittany Curran, American actress, followed by Colin Curran.

Where is the surname Curran most common?

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

Is the surname Curran getting more or less common?

More common. 24,559 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 24,969 in 2010, up 1.7%.

The surname Curran

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 24,969 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C650

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Curran is more common than 99.1% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

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

Curran 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 24,969 people named Curran in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 12,365 Americans. That is up 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 24,559.

#1,423

rank among US surnames

24,969

people in 2010

8.5

per 100,000 Americans

+1.7%

change since 2000 (was #1,317)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,414	Helton	25,118	12,292
#1,415	Song	25,110	12,296
#1,416	Quick	25,091	12,305
#1,417	Leslie	25,078	12,311
#1,418	Stern	25,074	12,313
#1,419	Givens	25,067	12,317
#1,420	Tipton	25,064	12,318

Who is named Curran

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

95% of people named Curran identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Currans

13 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Brittany Curran
American actress, born 1990
Colin Curran
Australian soccer player, born 1947
Sam Curran
British cricketer, born 1998
Connor Curran
American freestyle skier, born 2004
Charles Courtney Curran
American painter (1861-1942)
Kyliegh Curran
American child actress, born 2005
Mike Curran
American ice hockey goaltender, born 1944
Thomas A. Curran
American actor (1879-1941)
John Curran
American film director, born 1960
Charles Curran
American priest and theologian, born 1934
Alvin Curran
American musician and composer, born 1938
Pat Curran
American mixed martial arts fighter, born 1987

Notable Currans come mostly from the United States (11), Australia (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Corran
Corrin
Currams

Surnames that sound like Curran

Curran has the Soundex code C650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C650.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Curran come from?: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Corraidhín (“descendant of Corraidhín”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of corradh (“spear”).
How common is the surname Curran?: 24,969 people in the United States had the surname Curran in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 12,365 Americans. It ranked 1,423rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Curran?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Curran identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Curran?: Brittany Curran, American actress, followed by Colin Curran.
Where is the surname Curran most common?: Wikidata records people named Curran in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.
What type of surname is Curran?: Curran is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Curran getting more or less common?: More common. 24,559 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 24,969 in 2010, up 1.7%.
What are other spellings of Curran?: Corran, Corrin and Currams.