Find out how popular the last name Honohan is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Honohan.

Honohan, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Honohan surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Honohan in America

Honohan is the 101737th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Honohan surname appeared 177 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Honohan.

We can also compare 2010 data for Honohan to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Honohan

The surname HONOHAN originated in Ireland. It is an Anglicized form of the Old Irish Gaelic name O'Conahain, which means 'descendant of Conan'. The name is derived from the personal name Conan, an ancient Irish name of Celtic origin meaning 'little wolf' or 'little hound'.

The HONOHAN surname is found primarily in counties Cork and Limerick in the southern province of Munster, Ireland. The earliest recorded spelling of the name is O'Conohane, which appears in the Annals of the Four Masters, a chronicle of medieval Irish history compiled in the early 17th century.

One of the earliest known bearers of the name was Dermot O'Conohane, who was listed as a landowner in the parish of Rathkeale, County Limerick, in the 1659 Census of Ireland. In the 1766 Religious Census of Ireland, several HONOHAN families were recorded in the parish of Kilshannig, County Cork.

Notable HONOHAN figures throughout history include James Honohan (1758-1847), an Irish politician and judge who served as Solicitor General for Ireland. Patrick Honohan (1812-1884) was an Irish Catholic priest and writer who published works on church history and theology.

Michael Honohan (1884-1966) was an Irish politician and member of Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Labour Party from 1923 to 1957. Patrick Honohan (born 1949) is an Irish economist who served as Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland from 2009 to 2019.

Seamus Honohan (1920-1976) was an Irish novelist and short story writer. His works include the novel The Carved Timbrel and the short story collection The Threshing Mill. He was a member of the Irish Academy of Letters and received the Itzik Manger Prize for Yiddish Literature in 1970.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Honohan

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Honohan.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Honohan was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Honohan has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Honohan was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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