Carreón Surname

827,165th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 335 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
Mexico

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.

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Carreón Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mexico3051:406,9718,024
Peru91:3,531,56931,288
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Bolivia31:3,538,81111,393
Chile31:5,872,15852,204
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
England11:55,718,059489,080
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

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.

Spanish Surnames In The Southwestern United States (1978) by Richard Donovon Woods

Carreón Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Carreón Come From? nationality or country of origin

Carreón has its highest incidence in Mexico. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Carreon, Carreòn or Cärrêon. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Carreón? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 827,165th most commonly used family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 21,753,868 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Carreón reside; 93 percent reside in North America and 91 percent reside in Hispano-North America.

It is most commonly used in Mexico, where it is held by 305 people, or 1 in 406,971. In Mexico Carreón is primarily concentrated in: Mexico City, where 13 percent reside, México, where 13 percent reside and Puebla, where 8 percent reside. Other than Mexico it is found in 12 countries. It is also found in Peru, where 3 percent reside and The United States, where 2 percent reside.

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