# Hannon (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/hannon/  
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 | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 11,893 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,016 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 25,960 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.7% (11,578 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Hennon |

## Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hAinchín (“descendant of Ainchín”), a personal name possibly related to Annach or, alternatively, a variant of ainghein (“unborn”). It could also be a variant form of Hannan or Hanahan.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hannon 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) | 85% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 9.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hannon in the United States.

## People named Hannon

- Frank Hannon, American guitarist

## Similar surnames

Hannan, Hanan, Hamann, Hannum, Hyman, Homan, Hinman, Hayman, Hamman, Hammon, Heiman, Heinen.

## 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.