Ohearcain is used as a family name or surname in Ireland. It is 9 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Ohearcain
No. of characters: 9
Origin: Ireland
Meaning:

Form of Harkins. Descendant of Ercan meaning "red, speckled"; or of little Har, a pet from of Harry or Henry meaning "home ruler".

Family name is an adaptation of Hacon. A family so surnamed reside at Swaffham, county of Norfolk, and are doubtless of Norse extraction. Hacon the Good and Hacon the Broad-Shouldered occur among the Kings of Norway; and their deeds, with those ofothers of the name, are recorded in the Heimskringla. In the Hundred Rollsfor Suffolk, we find mentioned one Semannus Hacon, "Hacon the Sailor," which looks sufficiently Norwegian.

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