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Hare

in Pennsylvania

There are 733 people with the last name "Hare" in Pennsylvania.

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Ranking in Pennsylvania

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Hare 1,647
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  1. is 1,643rd most common Duke
  2. is 1,644th most common Tompkins
  3. is 1,645th most common Fish
  4. is 1,646th most common Hafer
  5. is 1,647th most common Hare
  6. is 1,648th most common Sharpe
  7. is 1,649th most common Ames
  8. is 1,650th most common Arroyo
  9. is 1,651st most common Cornelius

Similar Names and Nicknames

Harewood, Haren, Harer, Harel, Harelson, Hares, Harell, Haremza, Harenberg, Harey

Most Common First Names for Hare

William, Joseph, Thomas, David, John, James, Mary, Michael, Deborah, Patricia

Meaning & History

Irish (Ulster): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hÍr, meaning ‘long-lasting’. In Ireland this name is found in County Armagh; it has also long been established in Scotland.

Irish: Anglicized form of Ó hAichir ‘descendant of Aichear’, a personal name derived from the epithet aichear ‘fierce’, ‘sharp’. In Ireland this name is more commonly Anglicized as O’Hehir.

English: nickname for a swift runner (possibly a speedy messenger) or a timorous person, from Middle English hare ‘hare’. However, the surname Ayer and its variants was sometimes recorded as Hare.

English: topographic name from an Old English hær ‘rock’, ‘heap of stones’, ‘tumulus’.

French: according to Morlet, an occupational name for a huntsman, from a medieval French call used to urge on the hounds, or, in the form Haré, from the past participle of harer ‘to excite, stir up (hounds in pursuit of a quarry)’.

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