Carraher

English

Alternative forms

• Caraher, Caraker, Carragher, Carreker, Carriger, Carriker, Corriher, Karriker

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Fhearchair (“son of Fearchar”), a personal name composed of the elements fear (“man”) + car (“dear, beloved”).

Proper noun

Carraher (plural Carrahers)

1. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Carraher is the 28777^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 827 individuals. Carraher is most common among White (95.53%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Carraher”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 293.