Shaughnesy Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Ireland

Shaughnesy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shaughnesy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States191:19,076,786604,894
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland371:119,7267,101
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England221:1,107,97142,566
Isle of Man11:54,2692,077
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1471:341,62426,307

Shaughnesy Last Name Facts

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

The surname Shaughnesy is most common in The United States. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shaughnesy? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,427,875th most commonly held family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 95 percent of Shaughnesy reside; 95 percent reside in North America and 95 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most widespread in The United States, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 19,076,786. In The United States Shaughnesy is most common in: District of Columbia, where 26 percent are found, Texas, where 21 percent are found and California, where 16 percent are found. Beside The United States this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Ireland, where 5 percent are found.

Shaughnesy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Shaughnesy has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Shaughnesy last name decreased 87 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 97 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Shaughnesy Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Shaughnesy last name is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

Shaughnesy earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 44.76% more than the national average, earning $62,464 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 Shaughnesy
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