Hefferan is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Hefferan
No. of characters: 8
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Hefferan

How popular is Hefferan?

Hefferan is ranked 261086 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Hefferan bearers increased by 5.301205 per cent in 2010 US census to 437 since 2000, the surname slipped by 408 spots and ranked at 48347. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.19 99.52
Hispanic or Latino 3.66 0
Hefferan is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in United States. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Australia. Around 1204 people have been found who wears Hefferan as their family name. Hefferan have bearers in many countries around the world. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
656,580 India9
33,253 New Zealand9
90,215 Germany3
24,176 Qatar1
169,904 Brazil1
151,601 Spain1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
11,387 Ireland22
Countries with hundreds of Hefferan:
50,349 United States527
17,404 Mexico209
14,163 Australia191
34,900 England124
31,340 Canada107

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Margt. Hefferan was 30 years old when she migrated to New-York during Irish famine on January 25, 1849. She lived in Ireland where she worked as maid and took Arrick from Liverpool. James Hefferan (35) Workman, Pat Hefferan (20) Workman, 32 years old Edward Hefferan, Ellen Hefferan, aged 28, 30 years old Mary Hefferan, 29 years old Mary Hefferan, 6 years old John Hefferan, Bridget Hefferan (1 year old), and 41 other Hefferan around 52.63% of whom were workman migrated to US.

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