Popularity of the last name by country
Morocco
- Grand Casablanca (80)
- Rabat-Salé-Zemmour-Zaër (29)
- Tanger-Tétouan (14)
- Fès-Boulemane (7)
- Chaouia-Ouardigha (5)
- Meknès-Tafilalet (3)
- Souss-Massa-Drâa (3)
- Gharb-Chrarda-Beni Hssen (1)
- Oriental (1)
All countries
- France (1,291,408)
- Canada (142,687)
- Belgium (14,785)
- Réunion (11,767)
- Netherlands (10,175)
- United States (10,094)
- United Kingdom (2,415)
- Germany (1,036)
- Algeria (959)
- Italy (729)
- Switzerland (708)
- Unknown country (475)
- Ireland (432)
- Spain (421)
- New Zealand (375)
- Australia (247)
- Morocco (160)
- India (124)
- Sweden (120)
- Mauritius (119)
- Viet Nam (113)
- Austria (112)
- Indonesia (102)
- New Caledonia (101)
- Martinique (90)
- Brazil (83)
- Guadeloupe (80)
- Monaco (75)
- Hungary (65)
- Madagascar (63)
- Poland (63)
- Luxembourg (59)
- Russian Federation (46)
- Japan (44)
- Portugal (39)
- Tunisia (38)
- Turkey (34)
- Finland (32)
- Greece (30)
- Haiti (27)
Origine of last name
CARON : 1: French and Walloon; Flemish and Dutch (of French origin): metonymic occupational name for a carter or possibly a cartwright from caron a Norman-Picard form of Old French charron ‘carter’ or ‘cartwright’.2: French: from a personal name of Gaulish origin represented in Latin records in the form Caraunus. This name was borne by a 5th-century Breton saint who lived at Chartres and was murdered by robbers; his legend led to its widespread use as a personal name during the Middle Ages. Compare <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Carron">Carron</a> <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Carrow">Carrow</a> 2 <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Coron">Coron</a> 1 and <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Corrow">Corrow</a>.3: Scottish: habitational name from Carron in Larbert (Stirlingshire).4: Irish: shortened form of <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/McCarron">McCarron</a>. Compare <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Carron">Carron</a>.
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