Show ContentsHacon History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

The surname Hacon is an anglicized form of the Patronymic Irish surname "O hEarcain," which is derived from the word "earc," meaning "red." Thus, the surname would have originally been born by a "descendant of Red."

Early Origins of the Hacon family

The surname Hacon was first found in at Inishowen, in County Donegal where members of the family were erenaghs of Clonska, a parish near Malin Head. They are mentioned as such in Bishop Montgomery's diocesan survey of 1606. Danieal O'Harcan died in 1581 as a Catholic martyr in Ulster.

Early History of the Hacon family

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Hacon Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Harkin, Harkan, O'Harkin, ÓhEarcáin and others.

Early Notables of the Hacon family

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Migration of the Hacon family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Hugh Harkin, who landed in New York in 1811; Ann Harkin, who settled in St. John, New Brunswick in 1833; Andrew Harkin, who arrived in Philadelphia in 1835.


Contemporary Notables of the name Hacon (post 1700) +

  • Christopher Derek Hacon (b. 1970), British mathematician awarded the Cole Prize for Algebra in 2009


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