# O'Shea (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/oshea/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 10,531 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,395 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 29,318 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.6% (10,066 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /oʊˈʃeɪ/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Anglicisation of the Irish surname Ó Séaghdha.

## Who carries it

Share of people named O'Shea in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 0.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named O'Shea in the United States.

## People named O'Shea

- Michael O'Shea, American actor (1906–1973)
- Daniel O'Shea, American pair skater

## Similar surnames

Osei, Ochoa, Oaks, Ochs, Owusu, Ogg, Ogawa, Ouk, Ojo, Okoye, Oak, Oja.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.