Sheahan is used as a family name or surname in Australia. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Sheahan
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Australia
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Sheahan

How popular is Sheahan?

Sheahan is common in Australia.

Sheahan is ranked 60073 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Sheahan bearers increased by 3.414264 per cent in 2010 US census to 2726 since 2000, the surname slipped by 477 spots and ranked at 11537. The last name was found in around 9 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.41 96.62
Hispanic or Latino 1.61 0.99
Others 1.14 1.06
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.77 0.53
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.73 0.49
Black 0.33 0.3
Sheahan is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Ireland is ahead in terms of density. Around 7687 people have been found who wears Sheahan as their family name. Sheahan is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
184,212 France3
9,097 Wales3
108,034 Italy3
90,215 Germany3
20,595 China2
95,312 Argentina2
54,641 Sweden2
18,718 Thailand2
91,784 Netherlands2
41,879 Turkey2
123,175 Tanzania1
151,601 Spain1
1,704,541 India1
16,640 Hong Kong1
5,553 Taiwan1
81,201 Switzerland1
36,678 Singapore1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
56,169 Mexico1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
29,383 United Arab Emirates31
14,963 Scotland26
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
11,434 New Zealand57
Countries with hundreds of Sheahan:
10,307 England618
10,676 Canada368
25,955 South Africa219
Countries with thousands of Sheahan:
10,506 United States3,463
461 Ireland1,638
2,517 Australia1,233
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 26 years old workman John Sheahan who was residing in Ireland migrated to New-York on October 13, 1848 by Growler Of New York put out from Cork. 24 years old Mary Sheahan, 22 years old Patt Sheahan, Mary Sheahan, aged 22, Patt Sheahan (25) Immigrant, John Sheahan, aged 20, 25 years old Patt Sheahan, 47 years old Ellen Sheahan, 17 years old Bridget Sheahan, and 50 other Sheahan around 61.54% of whom were workman while others worked as servant and farmer migrated to US from Cork, Galway, Tralee and Limerick.

Sheahan Namesakes

  • John Sheahan, Musician
  • John Sheahan, Musician
  • Tom Sheahan, Teachta Dála
  • Jai Sheahan, Australian rules football player
  • Norma Sheahan, Actress
  • Bill Sheahan, Cricket Umpire
  • John Sheahan, Musician
  • Riley Sheahan, Ice hockey centre
  • Bill Sheahan, Cricket Umpire

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