The O'Hare surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,128 people carried this name — #6,607 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 57,500 people counted. That is up 1% from 5,065 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the O'Hare surname

Anglicized form of Irish Ó hAichir (“descendant of Aichear”), a byname from aichear (“sharp, keen”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «O'Hare» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890

Ireland registered 59 births for the O’Hare name in 1890.

They were registered in all four provinces, most of all in Ulster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 2,600 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. 2 of them were indexed under other spellings of the name. The Registrar-General’s note on the name: “31 in Armagh, 11 in Louth, and 9 in Down.”

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born, 1890

Ulster 45
Leinster 12
Connacht 1
Munster 1

Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.

In print

O'Hare in American newspapers,
1886–1922.

Newspaper page from The Portland Daily Press carrying the name O'Hare
The Portland Daily Press 1886-07-12
Newspaper page from Daily Kennebec Journal carrying the name O'Hare
Daily Kennebec Journal 1886-07-12
Newspaper page from The Producers News carrying the name O'Hare
The Producers News 1922-09-08

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 23,850 pages in all carry the name.

In print

O'Hare in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1990s.

6,085 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss O'Hare. The most, 1,110, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 1.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 2,969
Queensland 1,171
Victoria 1,113
South Australia 407
Western Australia 256
Tasmania 110
ACT (Canberra) 43
Northern Territory 7

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss O'Hare.

Who carried it

People named O'Hare,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Edward O'Hare
    Edward O'Hare 1914–1943 · aircraft pilot
  • Anne O'Hare McCormick
    Anne O'Hare McCormick 1880–1954 · newspaperperson
  • Kate Richards O'Hare
    Kate Richards O'Hare 1876–1948 · university teacher
  • Michael O'Hare 1952–2012 · film actor
  • Edward J. O'Hare 1893–1939 · lawyer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0.

In the public record

People named O'Hare,
in the records of 2 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States843 records

843 records of the O'Hare name in the United States
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 315
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 223
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 109
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 88
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 84
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 14
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 6
  • Sacramento County historic burials 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Robert F. Ohare

    Born 1906 in Illinois. Enlisted 1942 at Presidio of Monterey, California; store manager. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1968, buried at Willamette National Cemetery, Oregon.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Richard James Ohare

    Born 1948; from Racine, Wisconsin. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1968 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Margaret Ohare

    Arrived at New York in 1849 aboard the New York from Liverpool, aged 20; laborer. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain)

Showing 3 of 843 records for O'Hare in the United States.

Counts: NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia184 records

184 records of the O'Hare name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 139
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 39
  • Tasmanian Names Index 5
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 1
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record James Ohare

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Henry Porcher, arriving 1825.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Teresa Ohare

    Arrived in Victoria in 1887 aboard the Iberia, aged 22; Irish.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Sarah Ohare

    Grazier of Nathalia, Victoria; died 1965.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 184 records for O'Hare in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

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