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Surname Tiernan (Tiernan , Tighearnán, تينان ) , across the world, is quite a common family name. The cognomen Tiernan is characteristic of Ireland, where it is quite a common surname, Australia, where it is quite a rare surname, and the United Kingdom. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in the United States, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. Much less frequently, Tiernan is the forename as well as the last name.