Hearn Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 18
Buckinghamshire 331
Berkshire 160
Cambridgeshire 35
Channel Islands 4
Cheshire 6
Cornwall 105
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 36
Devon 622
Dorset 16
Durham 42
Essex 389
Gloucestershire 65
Hampshire 144
Herefordshire 6
Hertfordshire 93
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 10
Isle of Man 0
Kent 233
Lancashire 128
Leicestershire 54
Lincolnshire 55
London 1,434
Middlesex 514
Northumberland 35
Norfolk 71
Northamptonshire 49
Nottinghamshire 41
Oxfordshire 73
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 10
Shropshire 5
Suffolk 155
Somerset 58
Surrey 131
Sussex 60
Staffordshire 43
Warwickshire 43
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 14
Worcestershire 46
Yorkshire 133

Wales

Anglesey 1
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 1
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 1
Flintshire 6
Glamorgan 147
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 27
Pembrokeshire 3
Radnorshire 0

Hearn Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Hearn family

Profession Census Frequency
School 568
Farm Labourer 55
General Labourer 54
Labourer 46
Private Means 38
General Servant (domestic) 34
Dressmaker 33
Domestic Servant 28
None 27
House Painter 26
Scholar 23
Laundress 21
Farmer 19
At Home 19
Carman 17
Housemaid (domestic) 17
Gardener Domestic 16
At School 16
Cook (domestic) 15
Assisting In Business 14
School Boy 14
General Servant 14
Shop Assistant 14
Bricklayers Labourer 13
Old Age Pensioner 13

Most Frequent Forenames for Hearn

Name Census Frequency
William Hearn 1,813
Mary Hearn 1,548
John Hearn 1,423
Elizabeth Hearn 1,034
George Hearn 995
Thomas Hearn 858
James Hearn 820
Sarah Hearn 803
Henry Hearn 723
Charles Hearn 575
Ann Hearn 463
Emma Hearn 415
Frederick Hearn 411
Annie Hearn 409
Ellen Hearn 400
Eliza Hearn 386
Alfred Hearn 358
Emily Hearn 353
Alice Hearn 326
Jane Hearn 325
Edward Hearn 322
Robert Hearn 322
Joseph Hearn 310
Albert Hearn 290
Arthur Hearn 243

Hearn Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Horn 60% 42,790
2 Horne 40% 38,395
3 Hearn 100% 26,780
4 Heron 60% 11,919
5 Hearne 83% 7,701
6 Horan 40% 6,750
7 Hurn 60% 4,960
8 Hern 80% 4,894
9 Harn 80% 3,451
10 Herne 60% 3,093
11 Ahern 60% 2,307
12 Hiron 40% 1,944
13 Harne 60% 1,529
14 Hurne 40% 1,492
15 Ahearn 83% 607
16 Haran 60% 565
17 Haron 60% 552
18 Heiron 67% 397
19 Aherne 50% 321
20 Hearon 83% 252
21 Hiern 60% 229
22 Horian 33% 168
23 Horon 40% 138
24 Horen 40% 137
25 Haren 60% 134
26 Ahearne 71% 129
27 Heran 60% 128
28 Hourne 50% 121
29 Heren 60% 110
30 Hoarn 80% 105
31 Herin 60% 102
32 Hurine 33% 100

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The surname Hearn is the 3rd most popular variant of Horn.

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