How common is the surname Sheeran?

1,866 people in the United States had the surname Sheeran in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 165,458 Americans. It ranked 15,651st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sheeran?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Sheeran identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Sheeran?

Frank Sheeran, American mobster (1920–2003), followed by Josette Sheeran.

Where is the surname Sheeran most common?

Wikidata records people named Sheeran in the United States.

How do you pronounce Sheeran?

Sheeran is /ˈʃɪəɹən/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Sheeran getting more or less common?

More common. 1,535 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,866 in 2010, up 22%.

The surname Sheeran

An Irish surname, carried by 1,866 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈʃɪəɹən/ 2 syllables Soundex S650

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sheeran is more common than 90.4% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

From O'Sheeran, an Anglicisation of the Irish Ó Sírín or Irish Ó Síoráin.

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 1,866 people named Sheeran in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 165,458 Americans. That is up 22% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,535.

#15,651

rank among US surnames

1,866

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+21.6%

change since 2000 (was #17,059)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,647	Epling	1,867	165,370
#15,651	Brunt	1,866	165,458
#15,658	Matzke	1,865	165,547

Who is named Sheeran

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

94% of people named Sheeran identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.9%
Two or more races 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sheerans

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Frank Sheeran
American mobster (1920–2003)
Josette Sheeran
American diplomat, born 1954

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sheeran

Sheeran has the Soundex code S650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S650.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Sheeran come from?: From O'Sheeran, an Anglicisation of the Irish Ó Sírín or Irish Ó Síoráin.
How common is the surname Sheeran?: 1,866 people in the United States had the surname Sheeran in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 165,458 Americans. It ranked 15,651st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sheeran?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Sheeran identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Sheeran?: Frank Sheeran, American mobster (1920–2003), followed by Josette Sheeran.
Where is the surname Sheeran most common?: Wikidata records people named Sheeran in the United States.
How do you pronounce Sheeran?: Sheeran is /ˈʃɪəɹən/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Sheeran getting more or less common?: More common. 1,535 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,866 in 2010, up 22%.