McCarron
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editAnglicized form of Irish Mac Cearáin, variant of Mac Ciaráin (“son of Ciarán”). It could also be an Anglicized form of Irish Mac Carrghamhna (“son of Corrghamhain”), a personal name composed of the elements corr (“sharp”) + gamhain (“calf”).
Proper noun
editMcCarron (plural McCarrons)
- A surname from Irish.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, McCarron is the 9054th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3609 individuals. McCarron is most common among White (95.43%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McCarron”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 545.