Hannan is a popular Irish surname coming from the Gaelic Ó hAnnáin or Ó hAnáin, most prevalently found in County Cork in the south-eastern portion of Ireland. [1]
Spelling variations of this family name include: Hannon, O'Hannon, Hannen, O'Hannen, Haneen, Hannon, Hanan and many more.
First found in county Roscommon where they were seated from very ancient times and were descended from the Kings of Ireland.
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Bridget, James, and John Hannen who landed in Canada in 1847; Bridget Hannon landed in Boston Mass. in 1849; Charles, James, John, Michael, Thomas and William Hannon, who all settled in Philadelphia Pa. between 1765 and 1856. In Newfoundland, Edmond Hannon from Tintern Parish, county Wexford, was married at St. John's in 1802. Moses Hanen, his wife Elizabeth, and their 5 children settled in Washington County, PA between 1785 & 1789.
People with the surname Hannan include:
Albert James Hannan, South Australian Crown Solicitor
Bryan Cory Hannan, NFL New Orleans Saints, Eastern Illinois Football, now lawyer in Tampa Bay/ Clearwater, Florida
Daniel Hannan, MEP, British Conservative Party politician
Dave Hannan, Canadian former professional hockey player
Edward J. Hannan, Australian statistician
Fiona Hannan, retired Australian basketball and handball player
Geoff Hannan, British composer and musician
George Hannan, Australian politician
Jerome Daniel Hannan, American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
Jerry Hannan, Irish-American, singer-songwriter
Jim Hannan, former American baseball player
Jim Hannan, Welsh international rugby player
Jimmy Hannan, Australian, singer and TV personality
Kevin Hannan, American ethnolinguist and slavicist
Joseph Hannan, an Australian politician and trade unionist
M. A. Hannan, Bangladeshi politician
Melissa Hannan, Australian, Pageant winner and TV personality
Michael Hannan, a Roman Catholic priest and archbishop
Monica Hannan, anchorwoman in North Dakota
Paddy Hannon, gold prospector
Peter Hannan (producer), television producer, writer, and singer-songwriter
Peter Hannan (composer), Canadian composer and recorder player
Philip Hannan, archbishop of the Archdiocese of New Orleans (1965–1988).
Scott Hannan, professional hockey player in the NHL.
Tommy Hannan, American swimmer
Tina Hannan, United Kingdom writer
William Hannan, former Labour Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom