Frequency: (7066)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hEireamhóin ‘descendant of Eireamhón’, a personal name of uncertain origin. See also Irwin. There has also been some confusion with Irvine.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
