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 7
Buckinghamshire 295
Berkshire 120
Cambridgeshire 33
Channel Islands 9
Cheshire 7
Cornwall 40
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 14
Devon 461
Dorset 1
Durham 58
Essex 113
Gloucestershire 61
Hampshire 102
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 53
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 14
Isle of Man 0
Kent 164
Lancashire 84
Leicestershire 55
Lincolnshire 7
London 849
Middlesex 177
Northumberland 16
Norfolk 53
Northamptonshire 25
Nottinghamshire 18
Oxfordshire 40
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 14
Shropshire 18
Suffolk 191
Somerset 39
Surrey 105
Sussex 22
Staffordshire 30
Warwickshire 101
Westmorland 11
Wiltshire 4
Worcestershire 25
Yorkshire 80

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 1
Carnarvonshire 1
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 63
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 17
Pembrokeshire 20
Radnorshire 0

Hearn Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Hearn family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 616
Agricultural Labourer 58
General Labourer 49
Dress Maker 39
Labourer 29
Domestic Servant 23
Carpenter 23
Living On Own Means 22
Farm Labourer 21
Laundress 21
General Servant Domestic 21
Living On Her Own Means 18
Coal Miner 15
General Servant 14
Shoe Maker 13
Farm Servant 12
Gardener 12
Painter 11
Chair Maker 11
Dressmaker 11
Mason 11
Tailoress 11
Farmer 10
Tailor 10
Clerk 10

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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