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    The surname Stranahan

    An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 597 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex S365

    Stranahan: #37,341 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Stranahan #37,341, 597 people Stranahan: #37,341 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Stranahan #37,341, 597 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Stranahan is more common than 77% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Sranacháin (“descendant of Sranachán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of srannach (“snoring, stertorous”).

    Stranahan 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 597 people named Stranahan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 517,162 Americans. That is down 9.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 660.

    #37,341
    rank among US surnames
    597
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -9.5%
    change since 2000 (was #32,782)

    Who is named Stranahan

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

    94% of people named Stranahan identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Stranahan

    Stranahan has the Soundex code S365, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S365.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Stranahan come from?
    Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Sranacháin (“descendant of Sranachán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of srannach (“snoring, stertorous”).
    How common is the surname Stranahan?
    597 people in the United States had the surname Stranahan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 517,162 Americans. It ranked 37,341st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Stranahan?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Stranahan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Stranahan?
    Stranahan is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Stranahan getting more or less common?
    Less common. 660 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 597 in 2010, down 9.5%.