How common is the surname Hanrahan?

5,578 people in the United States had the surname Hanrahan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 55,351 Americans. It ranked 6,141st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hanrahan?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Hanrahan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Hanrahan?

Pat Hanrahan, American computer graphics researcher, followed by Kip Hanrahan.

Where is the surname Hanrahan most common?

Wikidata records people named Hanrahan in the United States.

Is the surname Hanrahan getting more or less common?

More common. 5,509 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,578 in 2010, up 1.3%.

The surname Hanrahan

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 5,578 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex H565

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hanrahan is more common than 96.2% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Reduced Anglicized form of Ó hÁnradháin (“descendant of Ánradhán”), a diminutive of ánradh (“warrior”). Compare Harrigan and Horgan.

Hanrahan is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,578 people named Hanrahan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 55,351 Americans. That is up 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,509.

#6,141

rank among US surnames

5,578

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

+1.3%

change since 2000 (was #5,753)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,132	Appleton	5,588	55,252
#6,133	Priddy	5,586	55,271
#6,134	Rodman	5,585	55,281
#6,136	Helmick	5,583	55,301
#6,137	Lessard	5,582	55,311
#6,139	Gaskill	5,581	55,321
#6,140	Macpherson	5,579	55,341

Who is named Hanrahan

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

95% of people named Hanrahan identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hanrahans

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Pat Hanrahan
American computer graphics researcher, born 1955
Kip Hanrahan
American jazz music impresario, record producer and percussionist, born 1954

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Haran
Hourihan

Hanrahan has the Soundex code H565, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H565.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Hanrahan come from?: Reduced Anglicized form of Ó hÁnradháin (“descendant of Ánradhán”), a diminutive of ánradh (“warrior”). Compare Harrigan and Horgan.
How common is the surname Hanrahan?: 5,578 people in the United States had the surname Hanrahan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 55,351 Americans. It ranked 6,141st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hanrahan?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Hanrahan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Hanrahan?: Pat Hanrahan, American computer graphics researcher, followed by Kip Hanrahan.
Where is the surname Hanrahan most common?: Wikidata records people named Hanrahan in the United States.
What type of surname is Hanrahan?: Hanrahan is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Hanrahan getting more or less common?: More common. 5,509 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,578 in 2010, up 1.3%.
What are other spellings of Hanrahan?: Haran and Hourihan.