Shaughnessey Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 2
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 5
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 35
Leicestershire 2
Lincolnshire 0
London 1
Middlesex 3
Northumberland 1
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 7
Warwickshire 5
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 6

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 2
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Shaughnessey Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Shaughnessey family

Profession Census Frequency
School 8
Charwoman 2
Labourer 2
Gum Silk Picker 2
Labourer & Masons 1
Bobbin Weaver Cotton Spn 1
Butcher 1
Cotton Winder 1
Doffer Cotton Thoorth Room 1
Formerly Genl Labourer 1
French Polisher 1
General Labourer 1
Hirestte Underlooker (cotton) 1
Machinist 1
Painter 1
Pit Sinking Coal Mine 1
Porters Lurryman 1
Quarryman (stone Cutler) 1
Ring Spinner Cotton Spin 1
Ring Spinner Cotton Throsth Room 1
Stone Cutter 1
Van-man 1
Weaver (cotton) 1
Cook (domestic) 1
Housemaid (domestic) 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Shaughnessey

Name Census Frequency
Mary Shaughnessey 16
John Shaughnessey 13
Thomas Shaughnessey 9
James Shaughnessey 6
Michael Shaughnessey 6
Patrick Shaughnessey 6
Martin Shaughnessey 5
William Shaughnessey 5
Catherine Shaughnessey 4
Elizabeth Shaughnessey 4
Joseph Shaughnessey 4
Alice Shaughnessey 3
Eliza Shaughnessey 3
Margaret Shaughnessey 3
Ann Shaughnessey 2
Bridget Shaughnessey 2
Daniel Shaughnessey 2
Ellen Shaughnessey 2
Anne Shaughnessey 1
Annie Shaughnessey 1
Beatrice Shaughnessey 1
Clara Shaughnessey 1
Darby Shaughnessey 1
Dinnes Shaughnessey 1
Edward Shaughnessey 1

Shaughnessey Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Shaughnessy 92% 2,792
2 Oshaughnessy 83% 259
3 Shaughnessey 100% 129

Did you know?

The surname Shaughnessey is the 3rd most popular variant of Shaughnessy.

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