Carnahan

English

Alternative forms

• Carnathan

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cearnacháin (“descendant of Cearnachán”), a personal name from cearnach (“victorious”) + -án (“diminutive suffix”).

Proper noun

Carnahan (plural Carnahans)

1. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Carnahan is the 4769^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 7424 individuals. Carnahan is most common among White (94.46%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Carnahan”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 291.