Bohannon

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Bohanan, Bohannan, Bohanon

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Buadhachanáin (“descendant of Buadhachanán”), a double diminutive of buadhach (“victorious”).

Proper noun

Bohannon (countable and uncountable, plural Bohannons)

1. A surname from Irish.
2. An unincorporated community in Mathews County, Virginia, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bohannon is the 3677^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 9663 individuals. Bohannon is most common among White (80.59%) and Black/African American (14.25%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bohannon”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 184.