Cronan is used as a family name or surname in Gaelic. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Cronan
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Gaelic
Meaning: A mournful tune or murmuring sound

How popular is Cronan?

Cronan is common in United States.

Cronan is ranked 124800 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Cronan bearers increased by 8.791749 per cent in 2010 US census to 2215 since 2000, the surname slipped by 5 spots and ranked at 13670. The last name was found in around 8 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.72 96.51
Others 1.94 1.08
Hispanic or Latino 1.63 1.23
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander
1.08 0
Cronan is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in United States. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Australia. Around 3188 people have been found who wears Cronan as their family name. Cronan have bearers in many countries around the world. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
112,145 Spain7
41,879 Turkey2
2,024 Mongolia1
172,258 Germany1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
9,692 Ireland27
18,457 Scotland20
26,722 New Zealand14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
49,493 Canada62
Countries with hundreds of Cronan:
6,961 Australia414
36,041 England118
Countries with thousands of Cronan:
13,626 United States2,521

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Andrew Cronan worked as workman and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 33 years old embarked for Providence from Liverpool on Thomas and arrived on May 11, 1846. Workman Cornelias Cronan, Winnifred Cronan (22) Immigrant, Daniel Cronan (3), Mary Cronan (20) Workwoman, 27 years old Thomas Cronan, Workman Owen Cronan, Mich Cronan, aged 22, Mary Cronan (20) Maid, and 144 other Cronan around 64.2% of whom were workman while others worked as servant and farmer, spinster, mechanic, bartender (barman) migrated to US.

Cronan Namesakes

  • Strom Cronan Thacker, Author

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