Kearin is used as a family name or surname in Ireland. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Kearin
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Ireland
Meaning:

Surname is variant of Kieran. Grandson of Kieran meaning "little, black one," the name of fifteen irish saints.

Kearin is variant form of the Kearns. Descendant of the little black one.

The surname Kearin is the form of Carnes. Dweller near a natural pile of rocks; one who came from Carn, the namee of various small places in Cornwall.

Kearin is variant of Karner. One who drove a cart, a carter; dweller near a charnel house.

The family name Kearin is a variant of Kerns. Descendant of Kern, a pet form of Gernwin meaning "desire, friend"; one who came from Kern meaning "kernel," in Germany; grandson of Ceirin meaning "little, black one".

How popular is Kearin?

Despite the fact that the number of Kearin bearers increased by 4.4 per cent in 2010 US census to 190 since 2000, the surname slipped by 2528 spots and ranked at 95955. The last name was found in merely 6 per ten million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 92.63 93.96
Hispanic or Latino 6.32 4.95

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