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Where Does The Last Name Shaugnessy Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Shaugnessy is found most frequently in The United States. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shaugnessy? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname is the 1,871,545^th most commonly used last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 74,362,713 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 84 percent of Shaugnessy live; 83 percent live in North America and 83 percent live in Anglo-North America.

It is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 79 people, or 1 in 4,588,088. In The United States it is mostly found in: Massachusetts, where 20 percent are found, New York, where 9 percent are found and California, where 8 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in England, where 12 percent are found and Ireland, where 2 percent are found.

Shaugnessy Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Shaugnessy has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name contracted 24 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it contracted 65 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it contracted 86 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Shaugnessy Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Shaugnessy surname is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Shaugnessy surname are 2.33% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 55.56% registered with the political party.

Shaugnessy earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 14.5% more than the national average, earning $49,404 USD per year.