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O%27hare Name Meaning

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hAichir ‘descendant of Aichear’ (see Hare).

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press


Similar surnames: O'hara, Hare, O'haver, O'mara, O'hearn, O'hair, O'kane, O'gara

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You can see how O%27hare families moved over time by selecting different census years. The O%27hare family name was found in the USA, Canada, and Scotland between 1841 and 1920. The most O%27hare families were found in USA in 1880. In 1841 there were 5 O%27hare families living in Lanarkshire. This was 100% of all the recorded O%27hare's in Scotland. Lanarkshire had the highest population of O%27hare families in 1841.
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Between 1996 and 2004, in the United States, O%27hare life expectancy was at its lowest point in 2002, and highest in 2003. The average life expectancy for O%27hare in 1996 was 60, and 67 in 2004.

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