Shawnessy Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Canada

Shawnessy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shawnessy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England111:2,215,94364,354
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

Shawnessy (81) may also be a first name.

Shawnessy Last Name Facts

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

Shawnessy is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shawnessy? popularity and diffusion

It is the 10,311,814th most prevalent surname in the world, held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Shawnessy live; 100 percent live in North America and 100 percent live in Anglo-North America. Shawnessy is also the 1,068,082nd most commonly occurring first name in the world, borne by 81 people.

The surname Shawnessy is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States it is most frequent in: Massachusetts, where 100 percent reside. Excluding The United States this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Canada, where 33 percent reside.

Shawnessy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Shawnessy has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Shawnessy last name declined 85 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shawnessey951/
Shawnese820/
Shaubhnessy801/
Shawneisha741/
Shawnice711/
Sawhnezy711/
Shawnece711/
Shawniece671/
Schawnece671/
Shawneece671/
Sabnesi634/
Sewnese631/
Shabnezi591/

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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 Shawnessy
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