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    The surname Shaughnessy

    An Irish surname, carried by 6,117 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex S252

    Shaughnessy: #5,672 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Shaughnessy #5,672, 6,117 people Shaughnessy: #5,672 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Shaughnessy #5,672, 6,117 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shaughnessy is more common than 96.5% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    From Irish Seachnasaigh.

    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 6,117 people named Shaughnessy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 50,473 Americans. That is up 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,037.

    #5,672
    rank among US surnames
    6,117
    people in 2010
    2.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.3%
    change since 2000 (was #5,310)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,668Ismail6,12650,399
    #5,669Brister6,12350,424
    #5,671Elmer6,11950,457
    #5,672Shaughnessy6,11750,473
    #5,673Christopherson6,11550,490

    Who is named Shaughnessy

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

    96% of people named Shaughnessy identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Shaughnessys

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Meghann Shaughnessy
      American tennis player, born 1979
    • Mickey Shaughnessy
      American actor (1920-1985)
    • Ed Shaughnessy
      American jazz drummer (1929–2013)

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Shaughnessy come from?
    From Irish Seachnasaigh.
    How common is the surname Shaughnessy?
    6,117 people in the United States had the surname Shaughnessy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 50,473 Americans. It ranked 5,672nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Shaughnessy?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Shaughnessy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Shaughnessy?
    Meghann Shaughnessy, American tennis player, followed by Mickey Shaughnessy.
    Where is the surname Shaughnessy most common?
    Wikidata records people named Shaughnessy in the United States.
    Is the surname Shaughnessy getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,037 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,117 in 2010, up 1.3%.