How rare is the last name Shanahan?

8,442 people in the United States have the last name Shanahan, about 1 in 35,406. It ranks #4,078 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

last name

SHANAHAN

#4,078

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,442
About
1 in 35,406
This common or more
56.2%
Who bears it

Of the 8,442 people with the last name Shanahan, 92.2% reported their origin as White, 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino and 2.5% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Exactly as common as Shanahan

1 other last name also has 8,442 people.

#4,078 Ritchey · 8,442

Either side of Shanahan

#4,077 Putman · 8,445#4,078 Ritchey · 8,442#4,080 Rashid · 8,441#4,081 Conover · 8,437

Spelled almost the same

One last name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Shanahan, most common first.

#43,628 Shannahan · 533

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