McCarren Last Name: Meaning and Heraldic Roots

If your family name is McCarren, its origin lies with McCarron, an Irish surname.

What is the meaning of McCarren?

The family name meaning is “The son of little Ciar (black)”, the same as for McCarron. The 2010 census count for McCarren in the United States was 656, good for rank 34,495.

Is McCarren the same name as McCarron?

Records show McCarren as one of the forms McCarron took over time. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. The same family of names includes McCarran and McKerron.

Is there a McCarren coat of arms?

Arms linked to McCarron and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

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