Heffernan Family History
Heffernan Name Meaning
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hIfearnáin
‘descendant of Ifearnán’, a personal name from a diminutive
of ifreannach ‘demon’ (from ifreann ‘hell’).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Heffernan
Name Distribution of Heffernan Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Heffernan families
 23 - 43  8 - 22 |
 1 - 7  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Heffernan families
|
12 - 21 5 - 11 |
1 - 4 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Heffernan census records
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Heffernan Family Origin
Heffernan Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Heffernan Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Heffernan census records
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Military Service by Heffernan
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