Hearne

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/hɝn/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Hearne is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States. Recorded meaning: Variant of Hearn.

rarermore common
  • AUAustralia
  • GBUnited Kingdom
  • USUnited States

Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Derivation of Hearne: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Hearne
  1. Old Englishhyrne“river bend“river bend, hill recess”(inferred from the name graph)via Hearn
  2. Old Englishhær“stone”(inferred from the name graph)via Hearn

Steps marked ◐ come from the entry for the form named above them, not from this name's own sources.

Variant of Hearn.

Sources 3

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Wiktionary

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Recorded in:

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Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Hearne 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, A well-known English name used in Co. Waterford as a variant of Ahearne

    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)

16001700180019002000Thomas Hearne, b. 1678Thomas Hearne, b. 1744Samuel Hearne, b. 1745Frank Hearne, b. 1858Alec Hearne, b. 1863George Hearne, b. 1888Richard Hearne, b. 1908Kevin Hearne, b. 1970Ted Hearne, b. 1982Bryan Hearne, b. 1988

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)

FormalDear Colleague,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 20 sources across 10 countries.

Official registers attesting Hearne
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020103.6K#9,177
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020003.4K#8,811
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020203.3K#9,469
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—53—
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—13#105,312
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—5#52,993
DK DenmarkDanmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)—5#62,464
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)20263—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—3#262,012
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—3#5,537
EC EcuadorINEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024)—2—
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—1#224,689

Reference works 5

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • 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 Hearne mean, and where does it come from?
Variant of Hearn. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names and The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland and 1 other source.
How do you pronounce Hearne?
A machine transcription gives /hɝn/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Hearne have the most bearers?
Hearne is most frequently recorded in the United States.

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About this data

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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Hearne”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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