How common is the surname Shahan?

3,772 people in the United States had the surname Shahan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 81,852 Americans. It ranked 8,704th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Shahan?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Shahan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Shahan getting more or less common?

More common. 3,458 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,772 in 2010, up 9.1%.

The surname Shahan

A surname, carried by 3,772 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shahan is more common than 94.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,772 people named Shahan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 81,852 Americans. That is up 9.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,458.

#8,704

rank among US surnames

3,772

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+9.1%

change since 2000 (was #8,748)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,695	Nicks	3,775	81,787
#8,697	Traver	3,774	81,809
#8,700	Andujar	3,773	81,830
#8,704	Shahan	3,772	81,852
#8,705	Avilez	3,771	81,874
#8,706	Kallas	3,770	81,895
#8,710	Just	3,769	81,917

Who is named Shahan

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

92% of people named Shahan identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 2.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Shahan

Shahan has the Soundex code S500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S500.

Questions

How common is the surname Shahan?: 3,772 people in the United States had the surname Shahan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 81,852 Americans. It ranked 8,704th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Shahan?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Shahan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Shahan getting more or less common?: More common. 3,458 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,772 in 2010, up 9.1%.