The hanlon Surname

hanlon Name Meaning and History

Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hAnluain ‘descendant of Anluan’, a personal name from the intensive prefix an- + luan ‘light’, ‘radiance’ or ‘warrior’. Occasionally Hanlon has been used to represent Hallinan.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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The hanlon name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the hanlon family name as far back in history as possible.

hanlon Family Facts

Name Distribution (US)Name Distribution (UK)Name Distribution (Scotland)Place of Origin Immigration Year Ports of Departure Life Expectancy Occupations Civil War Service

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Distribution of hanlon Families in the US in 1920

Number of hanlon families

229-455

77-228

1-76

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hanlon/cook	halloween87	0
hanlon/bowen/providence rhodeisland	keith	2
Hanlon from Drogheda Eire	tarss	0
Margaret Hanlon	cogansp1	0
Hanlon from Kilkenny, Ireland	bulatalei	6
Gold Rush>Brooklyn via Wisconsin Hanlons	Ginny Richards	3
James Hanlon	Graeme igoe	7
Dorothy Hanlon	chielema	0
Hanlon, Fearon	wilding143	0
Jane Hanlon	Dph153	0

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