Explore the Family Name O’haver

The meaning of O’haver

Irish: Anglicized form either of Gaelic Ó hÉibhir ‘descendant of Éibhear’ (a personal name of unexplained etymology) or of Gaelic Ó hÍomhair ‘descendant of Íomhar’, Gaelic form of the Old Norse personal name Ívarr (see Iversen 1). This surname is no longer found in Ireland.

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How common is the last name O’haver in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname O’Haver saw a slight increase from 2000 to 2010. In the year 2000, it was ranked as the 31,301st most popular surname, whereas in 2010, it moved up to become the 30,570th most common surname. This represents a change of approximately 2.34%. In terms of frequency, there were around 700 persons with this surname in 2000 and the number rose by about 9% to approximately 763 in 2010. The proportion per 100,000 people remained constant at 0.26 over the decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#31,301	#30,570	2.34%
Count	700	763	9%
Proportion per 100k	0.26	0.26	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name O’haver

The Decennial U.S. Census data also shed light on the ethnic identity associated with the surname O’Haver. In 2000, 92.71% of the bearers of this surname identified as White, which slightly decreased to 89.65% by 2010. The next significant group was those identifying as Hispanic, which saw an increase from 3.43% in 2000 to 6.42% in 2010. Bearers of the O’Haver surname who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander decreased from 1.14% in 2000 to 1.05% in 2010. There was a notable increase in the representation of two or more races from 1.71% in 2000 to 2.49% in 2010. The data for Black, American Indian and Alaskan Native identities was suppressed for privacy.

	2000	2010	Change
White	92.71%	89.65%	-3.3%
Hispanic	3.43%	6.42%	87.17%
Two or More Races	1.71%	2.49%	45.61%
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.14%	1.05%	-7.89%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%