Aherne
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/əˈhɝn/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Aherne is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United Kingdom than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Variant of Ahern.
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 102K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 1.2M
- IEIreland≈1 in 9.9K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United Kingdom (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 165 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 9.9K (inferred from the name graph)
≈650 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Ireland, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Variant of Ahern.
Sources 2
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wiktionary
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Aherne counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈650 est. | ≈1 in 102K | 17 | Aherne | 115 |
| IE Ireland | #767 | ≈520 est. | ≈1 in 9.9K | — | Aherne | 78 |
| US United States | — | 281 | 1 in 1.2M | 298 | Aherne | 165 |
| AU Australia | — | ≈210 est. | ≈1 in 123K | — | Aherne | 70 |
| BR Brazil | — | ≈180 est. | ≈1 in 1.2M | — | Aherne | 6 |
| AT Austria | — | ≈30 est. | ≈1 in 297K | — | Aherne | 4 |
| MT Malta | #905 | ≈11 est. | ≈1 in 41K | — | Aherne | 1 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Aherne is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Irish, Ó hEachthigheirn or Ó hEachthighearna ( each, steed— tigh-earna, lord). Originally Dalcassian, this sept migrated from east Clare to Co. Cork. In Co. Waterford the English name Hearn is a synonym of Ahearn. IF Map Clare
as a nameThe Surnames of Ireland
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- James Aherneb. 1867USIrish-American catholic priest
- Patrick Aherneb. 1901GBBritish film actor (1901-1970)
- Brian Aherneb. 1902GBBritish actor (1902–1986)
- Richard Aherneb. 1911IEIrish actor (1911–2002)
- Tom Aherneb. 1919IEIrish hurler (1919-1999)
- Jim Aherneb. 1922IEGaelic footballer
- Caroline Aherneb. 1963GBEnglish comedian, writer and actress (1963-2016)
- Fergus Aherneb. 1963IEIrish rugby union player
- Sinéad Aherneb. 1986IEIrish Gaelic football player
- Elana AherneBritish actress
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 15 sources across 8 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 298 | #62,775 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 289 | #72,473 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 281 | #69,793 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Aherne mean, and where does it come from?
- Variant of Ahern. Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland and Wiktionary.
- How do you pronounce Aherne?
- A machine transcription gives /əˈhɝn/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Aherne have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 645 people named Aherne in the United Kingdom, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled aherne.
- How common is the name Aherne?
- In the United States, the national register counted 281 people named Aherne in 2010, about 1 in 1.2 million residents.
- How common is Aherne compared with other names?
- In Ireland, Aherne is the 767th most common surname of 73,729 surnames recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/aherneThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Aherne” — the 767th most common surname in Ireland. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.