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    The surname O'Hearn

    A surname, carried by 2,728 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex O650

    O'Hearn: #11,529 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer O'Hearn #11,529, 2,728 people O'Hearn: #11,529 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez O'Hearn #11,529, 2,728 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). O'Hearn is more common than 92.9% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,728 people named O'Hearn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 113,177 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,664.

    #11,529
    rank among US surnames
    2,728
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.4%
    change since 2000 (was #10,956)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #11,522Truett2,730113,094
    #11,524Steffes2,729113,135
    #11,529Easterday2,728113,177
    #11,534Haigh2,727113,218
    #11,537Ritenour2,726113,260

    Who is named O'Hearn

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

    95% of people named O'Hearn identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous O'Hearns

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Mike O'Hearn
      American bodybuilder, born 1969

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like O'Hearn

    O'Hearn has the Soundex code O650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O650.

    Questions

    How common is the surname O'Hearn?
    2,728 people in the United States had the surname O'Hearn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 113,177 Americans. It ranked 11,529th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname O'Hearn?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named O'Hearn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named O'Hearn?
    Mike O'Hearn, American bodybuilder.
    Where is the surname O'Hearn most common?
    Wikidata records people named O'Hearn in the United States.
    Is the surname O'Hearn getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,664 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,728 in 2010, up 2.4%.