Heffern is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Heffern
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Heffern

How popular is Heffern?

Heffern is ranked 300375 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Heffern bearers increased by 4.782609 per cent in 2010 US census to 723 since 2000, the surname slipped by 248 spots and ranked at 31906. 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 94.61 98.41
Hispanic or Latino 3.87 0.87
Others 0.97 0
Heffern is a very rare family name, few people in United States and Canada have the last name. Around 993 people have been found who wears Heffern as their family name. Few people around the world have Heffern as their surname. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
25,746 Finland1
169,904 Brazil1
3,586 Honduras1
36,678 Singapore1
277,603 France1
Countries with hundreds of Heffern:
33,925 United States853
25,574 Canada135

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Farmer James Heffern from Ireland aboard the Sir Colin Campbell from Belfast during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 29 years old when he arrived in USA on April 11, 1849. 29 years old Mary-Anne Heffern, 22 years old Ewd. Heffern, Jno. Heffern (25) Immigrant, Mary Heffern, aged 21, Michael Heffern, aged 35, Cathe. Heffern (26), 64 years old John Heffern, 24 years old Mary Heffern, and 7 other Heffern around 54.55% of whom were workman migrated to US from Belfast, Liverpool and Galway.

Heffern Namesakes

  • Meghan Heffern, Actress
  • Carly Heffernan, Actress
  • Carly Heffernan, Playwright
  • Cathe Jane Heffernan, Kevin Heffernan's mother
  • Cathleen Heffernan, William O. Douglas' wife
  • Cecelia Heffernan, Author
  • Michael Heffernan, Politician
  • Debra Heffernan, American Politician
  • Gavin Heffernan, Filmmaker
  • Honor Heffernan, Actress

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