How common is the surname Ohern?

1,339 people in the United States had the surname Ohern in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 230,579 Americans. It ranked 19,997th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Ohern?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Ohern identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Ohern getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,341 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,339 in 2010, down 0.1%.

The surname Ohern

A surname, carried by 1,339 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex O650

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ohern is more common than 87.7% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,339 people named Ohern in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 230,579 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,341.

#19,997

rank among US surnames

1,339

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-0.1%

change since 2000 (was #18,857)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#19,992	Couillard	1,340	230,407
#19,997	Jeansonne	1,339	230,579

Who is named Ohern

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

96% of people named Ohern identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
Two or more races 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ohern

O'Hearn

Ohern 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 Ohern?: 1,339 people in the United States had the surname Ohern in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 230,579 Americans. It ranked 19,997th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ohern?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Ohern identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Ohern getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,341 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,339 in 2010, down 0.1%.