How common is the surname Shanley?

4,511 people in the United States had the surname Shanley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 68,443 Americans. It ranked 7,384th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Shanley?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Shanley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Shanley?

John Patrick Shanley, American writer.

Where is the surname Shanley most common?

Wikidata records people named Shanley in the United States.

Is the surname Shanley getting more or less common?

More common. 4,162 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,511 in 2010, up 8.4%.

The surname Shanley

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 4,511 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S540

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shanley is more common than 95.4% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Seanlaoich (“son of Seanlaoch”), a personal name composed of the elements sean (“old”) + laoch (“hero, champion”).

Shanley 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 4,511 people named Shanley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 68,443 Americans. That is up 8.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,162.

#7,384

rank among US surnames

4,511

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+8.4%

change since 2000 (was #7,386)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,381	Bhatia	4,515	68,382
#7,382	Schlabach	4,514	68,397
#7,383	Gama	4,513	68,412
#7,384	Shanley	4,511	68,443
#7,386	McCowan	4,510	68,458

Who is named Shanley

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

95% of people named Shanley identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Shanleys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

John Patrick Shanley
American writer, born 1950

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Shanley

Smalley

Shanley has the Soundex code S540, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S540.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Shanley come from?: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Seanlaoich (“son of Seanlaoch”), a personal name composed of the elements sean (“old”) + laoch (“hero, champion”).
How common is the surname Shanley?: 4,511 people in the United States had the surname Shanley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 68,443 Americans. It ranked 7,384th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Shanley?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Shanley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Shanley?: John Patrick Shanley, American writer.
Where is the surname Shanley most common?: Wikidata records people named Shanley in the United States.
What type of surname is Shanley?: Shanley is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Shanley getting more or less common?: More common. 4,162 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,511 in 2010, up 8.4%.