Sheehon Surname

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

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Russia

Sheehon Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sheehon Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland81:553,73317,655
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Sheehon Last Name Facts

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

Sheehon is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Sheehon.

How Common Is The Last Name Sheehon? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 10,311,814th most commonly held family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 67 percent of Sheehon reside; 67 percent reside in North America and 67 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name Sheehon is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States Sheehon is mostly concentrated in: Alaska, where 50 percent live and New York, where 50 percent live. Not including The United States Sheehon is found in one country. It also occurs in Russia, where 33 percent live.

Sheehon Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Sheehon has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Sheehon last name contracted 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Sheehon Last Name Statistics demography

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

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sheehan8664,489/
Scheehan808/
Seehayon804/
Sheehann804/
Shaeehan802/
Seehan7721/
Seheon7711/
Saheon772/
Siheon771/
Seehaeong753/
Shiihon714/
Sohehan711/
Saeehan711/
Seeyoon711/
Shaheon711/
Shaeyon711/
Sohihoun676/
Seehajan673/
Syeon673/
Schiehom672/
Sieon671/
Sehajong671/
Chyehoon671/
Sehihoun671/
Shehayan671/
Sheajohn671/
Sheahean670/

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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 Sheehon
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