How common is the surname Horan?

10,711 people in the United States had the surname Horan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 28,825 Americans. It ranked 3,345th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Horan?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Horan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Horan?

Roy Horan, American actor, followed by James Horan.

Where is the surname Horan most common?

Wikidata records people named Horan in the United States and Australia.

Is the surname Horan getting more or less common?

More common. 10,182 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,711 in 2010, up 5.2%.

The surname Horan

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 10,711 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H650

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Horan is more common than 97.9% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Anglicized form of Irish Ó hUghróin (“descendant of Ughrón”) or Ó hOdhráin (“descendant of Odhrán”).

Horan 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 10,711 people named Horan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 28,825 Americans. That is up 5.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,182.

#3,345

rank among US surnames

10,711

people in 2010

3.6

per 100,000 Americans

+5.2%

change since 2000 (was #3,216)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,336	McCloskey	10,756	28,704
#3,337	Mendiola	10,752	28,715
#3,338	Medlin	10,750	28,721
#3,339	Millan	10,733	28,766
#3,340	Boehm	10,730	28,774
#3,341	Marr	10,724	28,790
#3,342	Drury	10,721	28,798

Who is named Horan

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

92% of people named Horan identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.0%
Two or more races 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Horans

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Roy Horan
American actor, 1950–2021
James Horan
American actor and voice actor (born 1954)
Tom Horan
Australian cricketer (1854-1916)
Tim Horan
Australian rugby union player, born 1970
Lindsey Heaps
American soccer player, born 1994

Notable Horans come mostly from the United States (3) and Australia (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Odran

Surnames that sound like Horan

Horan has the Soundex code H650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H650.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Horan come from?: Anglicized form of Irish Ó hUghróin (“descendant of Ughrón”) or Ó hOdhráin (“descendant of Odhrán”).
How common is the surname Horan?: 10,711 people in the United States had the surname Horan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 28,825 Americans. It ranked 3,345th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Horan?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Horan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Horan?: Roy Horan, American actor, followed by James Horan.
Where is the surname Horan most common?: Wikidata records people named Horan in the United States and Australia.
What type of surname is Horan?: Horan is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Horan getting more or less common?: More common. 10,182 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,711 in 2010, up 5.2%.
What are other spellings of Horan?: Odran.