Corran

See also: corran and corrán

English

Etymology 1

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Proper noun

Corran

1. A hamlet on Loch Hourn, western Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NG8509).
2. A village on Loch Linnhe, western Highland council area (OS grid ref NN0163).
3. A townland in County Cavan, Ireland.
4. A townland in County Armagh, Northern Ireland.

Etymology 2

Variant of Curran.

Proper noun

Corran (plural Corrans)

1. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Corran is the 18571^st most common surname in England, belonging to 254 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Corran”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 370.