# Ahearn (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/ahearn/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,628 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,211 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 66,713 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.4% (4,564 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Variant of Ahern.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Ahearn in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Ahearn in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Ahearn

- Blake Ahearn, American basketball player (born 1984)
- Kevin Ahearn, American ice hockey player
- Michael A'Hearn, American astronomer and professor (1940-2017)
- Nicholas A'Hern, Australian racewalker

## Similar surnames

Ahern, Aaron, Arana, Arena, Arney, Aron, Arno, Arne, Arrona.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.