Shehan 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 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 8
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 1
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 7
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 25
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 1
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 1
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 5
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 1
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 1
Radnorshire 0

Shehan Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Shehan family

Profession Census Frequency
Labourer 8
Female Servant 2
Mason 2
Lab 2
Student 1
Silk Weaver 1
Ag Lab 1
Brazier 1
Brick Lab 1
Builder Lab 1
Independent 1
Pipelayer 1
Taylor 1
Male Servant 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Shehan

Name Census Frequency
Mary Shehan 64
John Shehan 54
William Shehan 31
Ellen Shehan 28
Thomas Shehan 26
James Shehan 20
Michael Shehan 19
Catherine Shehan 18
Ann Shehan 17
Margaret Shehan 17
Daniel Shehan 16
Patrick Shehan 15
Edward Shehan 14
Bridget Shehan 13
Elizabeth Shehan 12
Hannah Shehan 9
Julia Shehan 7
Annie Shehan 6
Charles Shehan 6
David Shehan 6
Henry Shehan 6
George Shehan 5
Richard Shehan 5
Sarah Shehan 5
Joseph Shehan 4

Shehan Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Sheehan 86% 3,708
2 Sheahan 86% 896
3 Shehan 100% 601

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The surname Shehan is the 3rd most popular variant of Sheehan.

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