# Kerin (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/kerin/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 780 |
| US rank (2010) | 30,076 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 395,828 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.9% (795 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an Irish surname, variant of Kieran. * As a Slovene surname, from a derivative of Medieval Latin Quirinus, similar to Quirin, Kehr, Kirin. Possibly also a variant of Kern.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Kerin 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% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.1% |
| Two or more races | 0.6% |

## Similar surnames

Kern, Kearney, Kurian, Kerney, Krein, Kerwin, Krohn, Karim, Korn, Karam, Krone, Krahn.

## 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.