Colleran Surname

169,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,540 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Ireland

Colleran Surname Definition:

Ó Callaráin (not Mac Allmhuráin) Almost exclusively a Mayo and north Galway name. SIF 37

Colleran Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,4951:242,44723,140
Ireland6191:7,6071,077
England2841:196,19017,257
Australia601:449,92835,109
Canada571:646,41452,764
Scotland161:334,61415,044
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland2371:18,6912,251
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England291:840,53036,623
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1001:502,18735,305

Colleran Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Ó Callaráin (not Mac Allmhuráin) Almost exclusively a Mayo and north Galway name. SIF 37

A Guide to Irish Names (1964) by Edward MacLysaght

I am informed by Mr. P. J. Kennedy that Gaelic speakers in Co. Galway use the form Ó Callaráin and in the north eastern part of the county it is so pronounced also by English speakers: that and Co.

Mayo is its main location. In 1785 the parochial census carried out by the parish priest found eleven families of the name in Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo; in 1866 all the 17 births registered for it were in north Connacht and again in 1890 all the births were in Counties Mayo and Galway, while the statistics of the present day show that they are still there. Woulfe makes the tentative suggestion that Ó Callaráin is a corrupt form of Mac Allmhuráin. As we meet O'Calleran as far back as 1602 I prefer to accept it as an O name. That reference is, however, not to a place in Connacht but to the barony of Fertullagh in Co. Westmeath and in the seventeenth century we do meet occasional references to Collerans in Leinster.

Supplement to Irish Families (1964) by Edward MacLysaght

Ó Callaráin (not Mac Allmhuráin) Almost exclusively a Mayo and north Galway name. SIF 37

A Guide to Irish Names (1964) by Edward MacLysaght

Colleran Last Name Facts

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

The last name Colleran is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Colleran? popularity and diffusion

The surname Colleran is the 169,814th most frequent surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 2,869,113 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 61 percent of Colleran are found; 61 percent are found in North America and 61 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

Colleran is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 1,495 people, or 1 in 242,447. In The United States Colleran is most common in: Massachusetts, where 15 percent reside, Pennsylvania, where 11 percent reside and New York, where 9 percent reside. Not including The United States it exists in 13 countries. It is also found in Ireland, where 24 percent reside and England, where 11 percent reside.

Colleran Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Colleran has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 1,495 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Ireland it increased 261 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in England it increased 979 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Colleran Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Colleran last name is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Colleran last name are 9.93% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 63.16% registered with the party.

The amount Colleran earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 16.85% more than the national average, earning $50,421 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.05% more than the national average, earning $51,199 CAD per year.

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