Aherns Surname

1,281,391st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 178 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Aherns Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Aherns Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1721:2,107,319133,796
England21:27,859,030389,889
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland121:369,15613,616
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1591:315,84124,783

Aherns Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Aherns Come From? nationality or country of origin

Aherns occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Aherns.

How Common Is The Last Name Aherns? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,281,391st most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 40,941,269 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 97 percent of Aherns live; 97 percent live in North America and 97 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname Aherns is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 172 people, or 1 in 2,107,319. In The United States it is most frequent in: Minnesota, where 19 percent live, Iowa, where 17 percent live and Wisconsin, where 15 percent live. Apart from The United States this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent live and Australia, where 1 percent live.

Aherns Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Aherns has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Aherns surname increased 108 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 33 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Aherns Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Aherns surname is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Aherns surname are 9.64% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 56.41% registered to vote for the political party.

Aherns earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 13.12% more than the national average, earning $48,812 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Aherens925/
Ahearns923/
Aherins921/
Aerns9170/
Aerens83214/
Oherns830/
Eherns830/
Haerens77639/
Heurins772/
Heurens772/
Ohearns772/
Eeherns771/
Hoerens771/
Oherins771/
Eurns7311/
Aernz730/
O'Hearns7114/
Aérens671/
Oernse671/
Eairns671/
Oernst670/
Goerens62347/
Oehrens6246/
Hoerenz6241/
Haerinz621/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Aherns
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