Kiernan is used as a family name or surname in Gaelic. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Kiernan
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Gaelic
Meaning: Gaelic Carnan, a heap; figuratively, a strong man, a thick-set, stout man. Cearnan, a square, a quadrangle

How popular is Kiernan?

Kiernan is common in England.

Kiernan is ranked 28434 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Kiernan bearers increased by 5.257586 per cent in 2010 US census to 5966 since 2000, the surname slipped by 188 spots and ranked at 5802. The last name was found in around 20 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.8 96.38
Hispanic or Latino 2.82 1.55
Others 1.32 1.13
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.62 0.51
Black 0.3 0.26
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.13 0.16
Kiernan is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Norfolk Island is ahead in terms of density. Around 17773 people have been found who wears Kiernan as their family name. Kiernan is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
14,054 China3
19,452 Malaysia3
119,730 Brazil3
4,164 Vietnam2
5,936 Bahrain2
3,014 Taiwan2
723,167 Indonesia2
1,118 Isle of Man2
35,969 Denmark2
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
1,818 Guernsey1
16,640 Hong Kong1
153,416 Italy1
897,276 Russia1
31,584 Peru1
6,212 Jamaica1
28,365 Kenya1
16,073 Latvia1
37,493 Austria1
56,169 Mexico1
25,721 Egypt1
11,510 Oman1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
9,591 Panama1
21,562 Portugal1
81,201 Switzerland1
24,176 Qatar1
17,236 Ghana1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
20,103 Norway33
42,407 Sweden22
62,494 Netherlands22
15,050 Singapore18
2,340 Iceland16
13 Norfolk Island15
699 Bermuda13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
49,486 South Africa91
10,596 Colombia87
104,308 France86
32,927 Spain72
13,832 United Arab Emirates69
3,129 Northern Ireland60
Countries with hundreds of Kiernan:
3,279 Australia940
12,159 Argentina448
9,297 Canada432
2,391 Scotland289
43,536 Germany235
4,163 New Zealand185
2,864 Wales135
Countries with thousands of Kiernan:
4,878 United States8,138
218 Ireland3,832
3,097 England2,495
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Bryan Kiernan was 20 years old when he migrated to New-York during Irish famine on May 25, 1846. He lived in Ireland where he worked as workman and took Marmion from Liverpool. 22 years old John Kiernan, Ellen Kiernan, aged 20, Ellen Kiernan, Patk. Kiernan, aged 20, Mary Kiernan, aged 18, Workman Jas. Kiernan, Pebby Kiernan, aged 23, Bill Kiernan (18) Servant, and 209 other Kiernan around 51.43% of whom were workman while others worked as servant and dressmaker, bell hanger, farmer, nurse, spinster migrated to US.

Kiernan Namesakes

  • Caitlín R. Kiernan, Author
  • Felix Kiernan, Soccer player
  • Brendan Kiernan, Soccer player
  • Caitlín R. Kiernan, Author
  • Ford Kiernan, Actor
  • Kristy Kiernan, Author
  • Ford Kiernan, Actor
  • Ian Kiernan, Environmentalist
  • Caitlín R. Kiernan, Author
  • William Kiernan, Set decorator
  • Dan Kiernan portrayed the significant role of Sammy in 2015 drama, music movie Disco!.

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