# Strachan (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/strachan/  
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 | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,266 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,781 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 72,374 people |
| Change since 2000 | +8.1% (3,948 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /stɹɔn/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Strahan |

## Etymology

The village is named with Scottish Gaelic srath (“river valley”) + eachan (“foal”). The surname could either derive from the placename or from an Anglicized form of Irish Ó Sruitheáin (“descendant of Sruitheán”), a personal name from sruith (“sage elder”) + -án (“diminutive suffix”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Strachan 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) | 66% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 27% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 2.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Strachan in The Bahamas, the United States and Australia.

## People named Strachan

- Anthonique Strachan, Bahamian sprinter
- Rod Strachan, American swimmer
- Quentin Bryce, 25th Governor-General of Australia

## Similar surnames

Straight, Starcher, Strack, Straka, Straus, Storch, Strauch, Straughter, Streich, Straughn, Stracener, Strassman.

## 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.