How common is the surname Feehan?

1,772 people in the United States had the surname Feehan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 174,236 Americans. It ranked 16,273rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Feehan?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Feehan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Feehan?

Christine Feehan, American writer.

Where is the surname Feehan most common?

Wikidata records people named Feehan in the United States.

Is the surname Feehan getting more or less common?

More common. 1,684 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,772 in 2010, up 5.2%.

The surname Feehan

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 1,772 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex F500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Feehan is more common than 90% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fiacháin (“descendant of Fiachán”), a personal name from fiach (“raven”) + -án (“diminutive suffix”).

Feehan is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,772 people named Feehan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 174,236 Americans. That is up 5.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,684.

#16,273

rank among US surnames

1,772

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+5.2%

change since 2000 (was #15,861)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,265	Rake	1,773	174,137
#16,273	Layden	1,772	174,236

Who is named Feehan

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

96% of people named Feehan identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Feehans

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Christine Feehan
American writer, born 2000

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Feehan

Feeney

Feehan has the Soundex code F500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F500.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Feehan come from?: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fiacháin (“descendant of Fiachán”), a personal name from fiach (“raven”) + -án (“diminutive suffix”).
How common is the surname Feehan?: 1,772 people in the United States had the surname Feehan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 174,236 Americans. It ranked 16,273rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Feehan?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Feehan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Feehan?: Christine Feehan, American writer.
Where is the surname Feehan most common?: Wikidata records people named Feehan in the United States.
What type of surname is Feehan?: Feehan is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Feehan getting more or less common?: More common. 1,684 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,772 in 2010, up 5.2%.