Sheridan Surname

9,382nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 60,309 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norfolk Island

Sheridan Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Sheraton,' a village south of Castle Eden, anciently Shurveton. The name is still found in the neighbourhood of Newcastle. It is very probable that Sheridan is the modern form. The corruption was all but inevitable.

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Sheridan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31,5621:11,4841,431
Ireland8,3371:56591
England8,2601:6,746974
Australia4,6811:5,767842
Canada2,9811:12,3601,830
Scotland1,0851:4,934832
Northern Ireland8781:2,101430
New Zealand5711:7,9311,346
Wales2581:11,9941,331
Argentina2021:211,60117,444
South Africa1591:340,74031,565
Egypt1221:753,57238,342
Spain891:525,30425,940
Russia881:1,637,762109,009
Mexico861:1,443,32815,900
Netherlands851:198,67327,603
Iraq841:416,9247,373
Thailand801:882,979139,249
Indonesia691:1,916,655121,671
Singapore431:128,0865,748
France361:1,845,076161,051
Brazil351:6,116,409148,801
Germany311:2,596,950129,424
United States Virgin Islands311:3,560588
Israel301:285,25425,178
Isle of Man291:2,959610
Belgium281:410,59442,948
Malaysia241:1,228,92653,021
Sweden231:428,12030,474
Denmark211:268,79620,394
Qatar191:124,10514,725
Antigua and Barbuda181:5,510685
Jordan181:491,24612,976
Malta181:23,9041,289
Switzerland171:483,11334,678
China141:97,665,8265,141
Austria121:709,62061,025
Norfolk Island111:20934
Jersey101:9,9202,003
Hong Kong81:916,9354,774
India81:95,883,173728,828
Kazakhstan81:2,210,31295,036
Norway81:642,78647,258
Philippines61:16,873,037249,062
Belarus51:1,900,21297,012
Bermuda51:13,0561,849
Costa Rica51:956,0146,058
Italy51:12,231,338126,430
Japan51:25,568,85950,629
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines51:22,532985
Taiwan51:4,688,94927,695
Azerbaijan41:2,412,28025,948
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Cyprus41:221,2198,471
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Guernsey41:16,1101,225
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Montenegro41:159,8915,521
Oman41:921,9937,313
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Ukraine41:11,380,674331,818
Panama31:1,304,08613,647
Trinidad and Tobago31:454,65814,297
United Arab Emirates31:3,054,09190,853
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Grenada21:54,2681,538
Lebanon21:2,818,54225,087
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Guam11:160,1214,893
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland5,4081:819138
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,3831:17,6252,552
Scotland4201:8,9121,181
Wales71:224,0598,079
Jersey41:12,9712,116
Isle of Man11:54,2692,077
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6,9871:7,187911

The alternate forms: Shéridan (1) are calculated separately.

Sheridan (11,222) may also be a first name.

Sheridan Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Sheraton,' a village south of Castle Eden, anciently Shurveton. The name is still found in the neighbourhood of Newcastle. It is very probable that Sheridan is the modern form. The corruption was all but inevitable.

Stephen de Shurveton, 1318: History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham.

Robert de Shirveton, 1398: ibid.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(Celtic) the Irish Seireadan, Siridean (a nickname) = Satyr, Wild Man [Irish siride + the diminutive suff. -án] According to Matheson’s ‘Varieties and Synonymes of Surnames and Christian Names in Ireland,’ 1901 (p. 60), there are current in various parts of that country eleven more or less corrupt variants of ‘Sheridan.’

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Ó Sirideáin Mainly famous as a literary family. Bibl; IF 268; MIF 256 etc; Map Cavan-Longf; Plate XXVI

A Guide to Irish Names (1964) by Edward MacLysaght

(Irish) Grandson of Siridean (peaceful).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

From Shrawardine; a location name in Salop Orfrom the Swedish, Scherdin; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Sheridan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sheridan (Arabic: شريدان, Georgian: შერიდან, Hindi: शेरीदन, Marathi: शेरडीन, Russian: Шеридан) is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Shéridan. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sheridan? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 9,382nd most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 120,837 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 57 percent of Sheridan reside; 57 percent reside in North America and 57 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Sheridan is also the 56,704th most commonly occurring given name throughout the world, held by 11,222 people.

The surname Sheridan is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 31,562 people, or 1 in 11,484. In The United States it is most frequent in: New York, where 11 percent reside, California, where 9 percent reside and Pennsylvania, where 6 percent reside. Other than The United States Sheridan exists in 100 countries. It is also found in Ireland, where 14 percent reside and England, where 14 percent reside.

Sheridan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Sheridan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Sheridan surname rose 452 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Ireland it rose 154 percent between 1901 and 2014; in England it rose 597 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 258 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it rose 3,686 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Sheridan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Sheridan last name is principally Catholic (96%) in Ireland, Orthodox (75%) in Russia, Melkite Greek Catholic (50%) in Lebanon and Orthodox (50%) in Ukraine.

In The United States Sheridan are 7.33% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 54.1% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Sheridan earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 23.57% less than the national average, earning 264,514 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 44.92% more than the national average, earning R 344,388 per year; in United States they earn 9.03% more than the national average, earning $47,046 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.85% more than the national average, earning $52,590 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Sheridan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sheridan in the Georgian language
შერიდანsheridan-
Sheridan in the Hindi language
शेरीदनseridana-
Sheridan in the Marathi language
शेरडीनseradina50
सेरेडनseredana25
शेरीडॉनseridona25
Sheridan in the Russian language
Шериданseridan-
Sheridan in the Arabic language
شريدانshrydan-
شيريدانshyrydan-

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Sheridan Reference & Research

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