Carreón Surname
Approximately 335 people bear this surname
Carreón Surname Definition:
Variant of the famous Castilian surname Carrión. Descendants of the Knight Alonso Carreño who distinguished himself in the reconquest of the village of Carrión de los Condes, where he established the ancestral mansion. Don Enrique Carrión Vecín rehabilitated in 1929, the title of Flanders of Marqui of Melin granted in 1655, with an elaborate family shield.
Read More About This SurnameCarreón Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 305 | 1:406,971 | 8,024 |
| Peru | 9 | 1:3,531,569 | 31,288 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Bolivia | 3 | 1:3,538,811 | 11,393 |
| Chile | 3 | 1:5,872,158 | 52,204 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
The alternate forms: Carreon (100,878), Carreòn (7) & Cärrêon (1) are calculated separately.
Carreón Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Variant of the famous Castilian surname Carrión. Descendants of the Knight Alonso Carreño who distinguished himself in the reconquest of the village of Carrión de los Condes, where he established the ancestral mansion. Don Enrique Carrión Vecín rehabilitated in 1929, the title of Flanders of Marqui of Melin granted in 1655, with an elaborate family shield.
Carreón is the name of a village in San Felipe, Guanajuato, Mexico.
Carreón could probably be the apocope of "carretón" - small wagon or stagecoach.
Carreón is also a variant of the Basque name Carrión (see) from "arro" - brushwood - and the suffix of abundance "-on" and the prothetic C, documented in Segura, Guipúzcoa in 1374.
Carreón Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Carreón Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Carreón is found most frequently in Mexico. It may also appear in the variant forms: Carreon, Carreòn or Cärrêon. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Carreón? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 827,165th most widespread last name globally, borne by around 1 in 21,753,868 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Carreón are found; 93 percent are found in North America and 91 percent are found in Hispano-North America.
The surname is most numerous in Mexico, where it is held by 305 people, or 1 in 406,971. In Mexico it is mostly concentrated in: Mexico City, where 13 percent are found, México, where 13 percent are found and Puebla, where 8 percent are found. Outside of Mexico this last name occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in Peru, where 3 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carreon | 95 | 100,878 | / |
| Carreòn | 95 | 7 | / |
| Careón | 92 | 1 | / |
| Carrión | 86 | 996 | / |
| Carrean | 86 | 14 | / |
| Sarreón | 86 | 2 | / |
| Cärrêon | 86 | 1 | / |
| Carreyon | 80 | 18 | / |
| Carrreon | 80 | 5 | / |
| Carreeon | 80 | 5 | / |
| Carreone | 80 | 4 | / |
| Carrieon | 80 | 3 | / |
| Carreion | 80 | 3 | / |
| Carreoon | 80 | 2 | / |
| Charreún | 80 | 1 | / |
| Charreon | 80 | 1 | / |
| Careon | 77 | 197 | / |
| Carean | 77 | 87 | / |
| Carión | 77 | 1 | / |
| Carriehan | 75 | 0 | / |
| Carrieann | 75 | 0 | / |
| Carrion | 71 | 120,122 | / |
| Sarreon | 71 | 184 | / |
| Sarrión | 71 | 65 | / |
| Chareon | 71 | 46 | / |
| Carriòn | 71 | 26 | / |
| Carrian | 71 | 24 | / |
| Carreom | 71 | 18 | / |
| Correon | 71 | 17 | / |
| Zarreon | 71 | 12 | / |
| Carryon | 71 | 8 | / |
| Correan | 71 | 7 | / |
| Karreon | 71 | 4 | / |
| Careeon | 71 | 4 | / |
| Carjean | 71 | 3 | / |
| Carieon | 71 | 3 | / |
| Jarrean | 71 | 2 | / |
| Carreão | 71 | 2 | / |
| Carejon | 71 | 2 | / |
| Scareon | 71 | 1 | / |
| Karreòn | 71 | 1 | / |
| Carríon | 71 | 1 | / |
| Careyon | 71 | 1 | / |
| Carriun | 71 | 1 | / |
| Carryan | 71 | 0 | / |
| Charrion | 67 | 140 | / |
| Carrione | 67 | 80 | / |
| Chareeun | 67 | 30 | / |
| Carrrion | 67 | 8 | / |
| Corriean | 67 | 5 | / |
| Charrian | 67 | 2 | / |
| Carrayon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dcarrion | 67 | 1 | / |
| Carehone | 67 | 1 | / |
| Carryann | 67 | 1 | / |
| Carrijan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Carriane | 67 | 1 | / |
| Carryhan | 67 | 0 | / |
| Chareoin | 67 | 0 | / |
| Carreham | 67 | 0 | / |
| Carrihan | 67 | 0 | / |
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