Tiernan is used as a family name or surname in Ireland. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Tiernan
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Ireland
Meaning:

The Tiernan is a variant of Tyerman. A dealer in dresses and all kinds of ornamental clothing.

Tiernan is the variant form of the Kernan. Son of the lord or owner of the village.

How popular is Tiernan?

Tiernan is common in United States, Ireland, England, Australia, Canada.

Tiernan is ranked 69250 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Tiernan bearers increased by 6.69 per cent in 2010 US census to 2552 since 2000, the surname slipped by 223 spots and ranked at 12204. The last name was found in around 9 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.81 97.7
Hispanic or Latino 2.47 1.38
Others 0.82 0.42
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.51 0
Tiernan is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Ireland is ahead in terms of density. Around 7162 people have been found who wears Tiernan as their family name. Tiernan is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Tiernan:
11,066 United States3,637
533 Ireland1,626
6,250 England1,104
Countries with hundreds of Tiernan:
8,377 Australia381
23,241 Canada151
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
3,341 Northern Ireland55
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
7,254 Scotland49
37,018 Zimbabwe37
8,358 Wales29
115,449 South Africa17
28,765 New Zealand12
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
92,692 Belgium8
305,602 Germany7
512,203 Thailand7
170,578 Malaysia6

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Patrick Tiernan worked as workman and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 19 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Plato and arrived on May 15, 1846. Nancy Tiernan (22) Dressmaker, 20 years old James Tiernan, William Tiernan, Workman Lance. Tiernan, Thomas Tiernan, aged 18, James Tiernan (18) Workman, Felix Tiernan, aged 45, Felix Tiernan, aged 22, and 116 other Tiernan around 54.69% of whom were workman while others worked as spinster and servant, farmer, mechanic migrated to US.

Tiernan Namesakes

  • Cate Tiernan, an American author
  • Tommy Tiernan, Irish comedian, actor, writer and presenter
  • Mike Tiernan, American professional baseball right fielder
  • Andrew Tiernan, English actor
  • Robert Tiernan, American lawyer and politician from Rhode Island
  • Fergus Tiernan, former football midfielder

Tiernan Namesakes

  • Cate Tiernan, an American author
  • Tommy Tiernan, Irish comedian, actor, writer and presenter
  • Mike Tiernan, American professional baseball right fielder
  • Andrew Tiernan, English actor
  • Robert Tiernan, American lawyer and politician from Rhode Island
  • Fergus Tiernan, former football midfielder

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