Shanaghan Surname

2,075,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 82 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Shanaghan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shanaghan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States371:9,796,187405,931
New Zealand251:181,13319,287
Ireland161:294,30910,207
England31:18,572,686338,250
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland791:56,0744,532
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Wales41:392,10412,338
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Shanaghan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Shanaghan Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Shanaghan is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shanaghan? popularity and diffusion

The surname Shanaghan is the 2,075,631st most widely held family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 88,872,511 people. The last name Shanaghan is primarily found in The Americas, where 45 percent of Shanaghan are found; 45 percent are found in North America and 45 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 37 people, or 1 in 9,796,187. In The United States Shanaghan is most numerous in: Florida, where 32 percent live, Tennessee, where 22 percent live and California, where 11 percent live. Aside from The United States this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in New Zealand, where 30 percent live and Ireland, where 20 percent live.

Shanaghan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Shanaghan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Shanaghan surname increased 740 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Ireland it declined 80 percent between 1901 and 2014; in England it increased 300 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it declined 75 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Shanaghan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Shanaghan surname is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Shanaghan surname are 15.73% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 62.5% registered with the party.

Shanaghan earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 53.95% more than the national average, earning $66,430 USD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Shanaghan
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