Horan Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 3
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 1
Cambridgeshire 5
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 47
Cornwall 5
Cumberland 26
Derbyshire 6
Devon 19
Dorset 0
Durham 47
Essex 10
Gloucestershire 10
Hampshire 15
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 1
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 2
Isle of Man 0
Kent 12
Lancashire 396
Leicestershire 5
Lincolnshire 10
London 297
Middlesex 29
Northumberland 14
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 2
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 2
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 11
Somerset 3
Surrey 9
Sussex 12
Staffordshire 22
Warwickshire 26
Westmorland 1
Wiltshire 2
Worcestershire 6
Yorkshire 124

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 1
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 11
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 1
Monmouthshire 1
Pembrokeshire 11
Radnorshire 0

Horan Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Horan family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 165
General Labourer 36
Dress Maker 14
Cotton Weaver 10
Coal Miner 9
Tailor 9
Labourer 8
Dock Labourer 8
Living On Own Means 8
Laundress 7
Domestic Servant 6
General Domestic Servant 6
General Servant 5
General Servant Domestic 5
Charwoman 5
Clerk 5
Living On Her Own Means 4
Cook Domestic Servant 4
Tailoress 4
Housemaid 4
House Keeper 4
Dressmaker 4
Errand Boy 4
Farm Labourer 4
Hawker 4

Most Frequent Forenames for Horan

Name Census Frequency
Mary Horan 780
John Horan 556
Thomas Horan 380
James Horan 298
William Horan 283
Patrick Horan 227
Margaret Horan 219
Michael Horan 218
Catherine Horan 194
Elizabeth Horan 183
Ellen Horan 170
Bridget Horan 155
Ann Horan 148
Sarah Horan 129
Annie Horan 104
Edward Horan 96
Jane Horan 80
George Horan 76
Joseph Horan 71
Charles Horan 68
Henry Horan 67
Alice Horan 60
Kate Horan 53
Eliza Horan 50
Martin Horan 50

Horan Surname Variants Ranking

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

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The surname Horan is the 6th most popular variant of Horn.

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