Heffernan is used as a family name or surname in Canada. It is 9 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Heffernan
No. of characters: 9
Origin: Canada
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Heffernan

How popular is Heffernan?

Heffernan is common in Canada.

Heffernan is ranked 22430 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Heffernan bearers increased by 6.567667 per cent in 2010 US census to 6961 since 2000, the surname slipped by 103 spots and ranked at 5043. The last name was found in around 24 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.34 95.65
Hispanic or Latino 2.93 1.94
Others 1.48 1.04
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.96 0.9
Black 0.17 0.26
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.11 0.2
Heffernan is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Ireland is ahead in terms of density. Around 22968 people have been found who wears Heffernan as their family name. Heffernan is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
7,646 Japan7
1,346 Bermuda6
108,034 Italy3
78,945 Argentina3
2,720 South Korea3
4,384 Northern Ireland3
32,086 Mexico3
1,500,361 India2
18,718 Thailand2
19,093 Finland2
4,164 Vietnam2
34,681 Norway2
1,777 Jersey2
20,595 China2
3,670 Mozambique2
6,266 Luxembourg2
21,529 Singapore2
810,193 Indonesia1
174,544 Czech Republic1
2,190 Barbados1
53,505 Turkey1
2,613 The Bahamas1
24,176 Qatar1
37,493 Austria1
10,958 Bangladesh1
165,773 Belarus1
10,683 Cyprus1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
16,640 Hong Kong1
49,529 Israel1
14,373 Jordan1
16,073 Latvia1
1,572 Macau1
40,340 Malaysia1
11,510 Oman1
17,768 Pakistan1
1,176 Antigua and Barbuda1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
28,564 Switzerland36
52,947 Netherlands31
66,739 Spain24
52,530 Belgium22
42,407 Sweden22
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
49,486 South Africa91
13,832 United Arab Emirates69
104,075 Brazil64
Countries with hundreds of Heffernan:
2,070 New Zealand364
2,440 Scotland282
43,536 Germany235
3,094 Wales124
77,708 France122
1,036 Fiji122
Countries with thousands of Heffernan:
4,575 United States8,709
152 Ireland4,979
968 Australia3,214
3,071 England2,511
2,607 Canada1,879
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Workman Patt Heffernan from Ireland aboard the Charlotte from Dublin during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 20 years old when he arrived in USA on May 21, 1846. Patrick Heffernan (20) Workman, Thomas Heffernan, aged 40, 24 years old Betsy Heffernan, 17 years old Catharine Heffernan, Clerk Richard Heffernan, Thomas Heffernan (21) Clerk, Anty. Heffernan, aged 18, James Heffernan (20), and 124 other Heffernan around 46.15% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer and spinster, clerk, servant, carpenter migrated to US.

Heffernan Namesakes

  • 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
  • Honora Heffernan, Mary Heffernan's mother

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