How common is the surname Shanahan?

8,616 people in the United States had the surname Shanahan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,834 Americans. It ranked 4,119th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Shanahan?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Shanahan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Shanahan?

Kyle Shanahan, American football coach (born 1979), followed by Nicole Shanahan.

Where is the surname Shanahan most common?

Wikidata records people named Shanahan in the United States.

Is the surname Shanahan getting more or less common?

More common. 8,228 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,616 in 2010, up 4.7%.

The surname Shanahan

An Irish surname, carried by 8,616 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex S550

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shanahan is more common than 97.5% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Seanacháin.

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 8,616 people named Shanahan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 35,834 Americans. That is up 4.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,228.

#4,119

rank among US surnames

8,616

people in 2010

2.9

per 100,000 Americans

+4.7%

change since 2000 (was #3,961)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,114	Tijerina	8,626	35,792
#4,116	Menjivar	8,622	35,809
#4,118	Gilbertson	8,621	35,813
#4,119	Shanahan	8,616	35,834

Who is named Shanahan

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

95% of people named Shanahan identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Shanahans

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Kyle Shanahan
American football coach (born 1979)
Nicole Shanahan
American entrepreneur, attorney, and 2024 vice-presidential nominee of Robert F. Kennedy J
Mike Shanahan
American football coach, born 1952

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Shanahan

Shannon

Shanahan has the Soundex code S550, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S550.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Shanahan come from?: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Seanacháin.
How common is the surname Shanahan?: 8,616 people in the United States had the surname Shanahan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,834 Americans. It ranked 4,119th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Shanahan?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Shanahan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Shanahan?: Kyle Shanahan, American football coach (born 1979), followed by Nicole Shanahan.
Where is the surname Shanahan most common?: Wikidata records people named Shanahan in the United States.
Is the surname Shanahan getting more or less common?: More common. 8,228 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,616 in 2010, up 4.7%.