The Warren surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 152,147 people carried this name — #181 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,940 people counted. That is up 3% from 147,906 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Warren surname
From the Anglo-Norman surname (de) Warenne, a reference to a place called Varenne, a hamlet near Arques-la-Bataille, along the river Varenne in Normandy, from Medieval Latin Warinna, a hydronym of Celtic/Gaulish origin, from *var-, *ver- (“river, water”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer- (“water, rain, flow”); see also the Latin river Avara. Phonetic Germanic influence is shown by the [v] > [w].
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Warren» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890
Ireland registered 35 births for the Warren name in 1890.
They were registered in all four provinces, most of all in Munster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 1,600 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. 4 of them were indexed under other spellings of the name. The Registrar-General’s note on the name: “Kerry, Dublin, and Cork.”
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born, 1890
Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 80 people named Warren.
31 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
78 people named Warren live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 20 people named Warren live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
149 people named Warren are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Warren in American newspapers,
1882–1948.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,777,605 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Warren,
with a public archive behind them.
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John Warren 1753–1815 · physician -
Jenna Warren 2000– · voice actor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Warren.
- Warchol 1,059 · U.S. census
- Ward 260,464 · U.S. census
- Wargnier 109 · U.S. census
- Warin 100 · U.S. census
- Warme 125 · U.S. census
- Warner 83,781 · U.S. census
- Wartel 106 · U.S. census
- Wartelle 106 · U.S. census
- Warter 185 · U.S. census
- Warth 932 · U.S. census
- Warther 126 · U.S. census
- Wary 176 · U.S. census
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