How common is the surname Sheedy?

2,568 people in the United States had the surname Sheedy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 120,228 Americans. It ranked 12,132nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sheedy?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Sheedy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Where is the surname Sheedy most common?

Wikidata records people named Sheedy in the United States.

How do you pronounce Sheedy?

Sheedy is /ˈʃi.di/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Sheedy getting more or less common?

More common. 2,424 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,568 in 2010, up 5.9%.

The surname Sheedy

A patronymic surname, carried by 2,568 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈʃi.di/ 2 syllables Soundex S300

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sheedy is more common than 92.5% of them.

Origin

Anglicisation of the Irish surname Ó Síoda (“descendant of Síoda”), who was likely Síoda McNamera (15th century). The name is from síoda (“silk”). Compare Silk.

Sheedy is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,568 people named Sheedy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 120,228 Americans. That is up 5.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,424.

#12,132

rank among US surnames

2,568

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+5.9%

change since 2000 (was #11,837)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,124	Naber	2,571	120,088
#12,127	Nath	2,570	120,134
#12,130	Hammers	2,569	120,181
#12,132	Sugg	2,568	120,228
#12,136	Morelos	2,567	120,275
#12,140	Tuten	2,566	120,322

Who is named Sheedy

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

96% of people named Sheedy identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sheedys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ally Sheedy
American actress, born 1962

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Sheady
Shydie

Surnames that sound like Sheedy

Sheedy has the Soundex code S300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S300.

Questions

Where does the surname Sheedy come from?: Anglicisation of the Irish surname Ó Síoda (“descendant of Síoda”), who was likely Síoda McNamera (15th century). The name is from síoda (“silk”). Compare Silk.
How common is the surname Sheedy?: 2,568 people in the United States had the surname Sheedy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 120,228 Americans. It ranked 12,132nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sheedy?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Sheedy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Sheedy?: Ally Sheedy, American actress.
Where is the surname Sheedy most common?: Wikidata records people named Sheedy in the United States.
How do you pronounce Sheedy?: Sheedy is /ˈʃi.di/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Sheedy?: Sheedy is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Sheedy getting more or less common?: More common. 2,424 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,568 in 2010, up 5.9%.
What are other spellings of Sheedy?: Sheady and Shydie.