Shaughenessy Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Ireland

Shaughenessy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shaughenessy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States211:2,391,366115,093

Shaughenessy Last Name Facts

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

Shaughenessy is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Shaughenessy? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 8,968,613th most frequent family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 75 percent of Shaughenessy reside; 75 percent reside in North America and 75 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

Shaughenessy is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 120,819,644. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Minnesota, where 33 percent reside, New York, where 33 percent reside and Texas, where 33 percent reside. Besides The United States this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Ireland, where 25 percent reside.

Shaughenessy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Shaughenessy has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name decreased 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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
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  • 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 Shaughenessy
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