Carraher
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Fhearchair (“son of Fearchar”), a personal name composed of the elements fear (“man”) + car (“dear, beloved”).
Proper noun edit
Carraher (plural Carrahers)
- A surname from Irish.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Carraher is the 28777th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 827 individuals. Carraher is most common among White (95.53%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Carraher”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 293.