How common is the surname Honan?

1,032 people in the United States had the surname Honan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 299,172 Americans. It ranked 24,305th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Honan?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Honan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Honan getting more or less common?

More common. 997 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,032 in 2010, up 3.5%.

The surname Honan

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 1,032 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H550

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Honan is more common than 85% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hEoghanáin (“descendant of Eoghanán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of Eoghan.

Honan 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 1,032 people named Honan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 299,172 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 997.

#24,305

rank among US surnames

1,032

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+3.5%

change since 2000 (was #23,698)

Who is named Honan

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

95% of people named Honan identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 1.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Honan

Honan has the Soundex code H550, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H550.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Honan come from?: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hEoghanáin (“descendant of Eoghanán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of Eoghan.
How common is the surname Honan?: 1,032 people in the United States had the surname Honan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 299,172 Americans. It ranked 24,305th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Honan?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Honan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is Honan?: Honan is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Honan getting more or less common?: More common. 997 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,032 in 2010, up 3.5%.