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O%27hara Name Meaning

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hEaghra ‘descendant of Eaghra’, a personal name of uncertain derivation.

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


Similar surnames: O'gara, O'mara, O'hare, O'hearn, O'hagan, O'haver, Shera, O'hair

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You can see how O%27hara families moved over time by selecting different census years. The O%27hara family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1841 and 1920. The most O%27hara families were found in USA in 1880. In 1911 there were 4 O%27hara families living in Ontario. This was about 50% of all the recorded O%27hara's in Canada. Ontario had the highest population of O%27hara families in 1911.
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Between 1992 and 2004, in the United States, O%27hara life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1995, and highest in 1999. The average life expectancy for O%27hara in 1992 was 51, and 58 in 2004.

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