Haer is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Haer
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Germany
Meaning:

The is the variant form of McGarry. The son of Fearadhach meaning "manly".

Surname Haer is the variation of the Gary. Grandson of Gadhra, i.e., hound or hunting dog.

Family name is variation of Hare. Dweller at the sign of the hare; one thought to possess some of the characteristics of a hare.

Is variation of O'Hare. Grandson of Ir origin of which is obsure; grandson of Aichear meaning "bitter, angry".

The lastname Haer is form of the Haire. This Irish surname, previously to the year 1770, was written O'Hehir. The traditions of the family deduce them from the race of Fingal in the third century, but historical evidence carries them back no further than the reign of Edward III., 1365, when the representation of the family vested in the O'Haitchir or O'Hehir, chiefs of Hy Flancha and Hy Cormac, in the barony of Islands, county of Clare. In O'Connor's map of Ireland published about 1640, a large portion of that county still bore the name of "the O'Hehir country."

A form of Hare. From swiftness of foot. "The family of Hare (of Stow-Bardolph, Barts.) claimed to be a scion of the house of Hare court or Harcourt in Lorraine, who were counts of Normandy."

How popular is Haer?

As per 2010 US census, number of Haers grew by 14.57 per cent to 346 since 2000 and ranked 58604 after elevating 3442 spots. The last name was found in around 1 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.38 94.7
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander
2.31 2.65
Hispanic or Latino 1.73 1.66

Immigrants to US

From Germany

Ths. Haer worked as smith and hailed from Germany. 48 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool & Queenstown on Edinburgh and arrived on October 3, 1865. Gottfried Haer (33) Farmer, Johann Haer, Margareth Haer, aged 38, Crescenz Haer, aged 23, 21 years old Josef Haer, 28 years old Friedr. Haer, 28 years old Joh. Haer, David Haer, aged 32, are others that migrated to US from Bremen, Havre, Bremen & Southampton and Rotterdam.

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