How common is the surname Sheahan?

2,726 people in the United States had the surname Sheahan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 113,260 Americans. It ranked 11,537th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sheahan?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Sheahan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Sheahan getting more or less common?

More common. 2,636 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,726 in 2010, up 3.4%.

Is Sheahan also a first name?

Yes. Sheahan is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Sheahan

A surname, carried by 2,726 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). Sheahan is more common than 92.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,726 people named Sheahan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 113,260 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,636.

#11,537

rank among US surnames

2,726

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+3.4%

change since 2000 (was #11,060)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,529	Easterday	2,728	113,177
#11,534	Haigh	2,727	113,218
#11,537	Ritenour	2,726	113,260
#11,540	Pardee	2,725	113,301
#11,543	Woodrow	2,723	113,384

Who is named Sheahan

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

95% of people named Sheahan identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sheahan

Sheahan 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 Sheahan?: 2,726 people in the United States had the surname Sheahan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 113,260 Americans. It ranked 11,537th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sheahan?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Sheahan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Sheahan getting more or less common?: More common. 2,636 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,726 in 2010, up 3.4%.
Is Sheahan also a first name?: Yes. Sheahan is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.