How common is the last name Shea?

31,836 people in the United States have the last name Shea, about 1 in 9,389. It ranks #1,081 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

SHEA

#1,081

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
31,836
About
1 in 9,389
This common or more
40.6%
Who bears it

Of the 31,836 people with the last name Shea, 91.6% reported their origin as White, 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino and 2.4% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Shea

#1,079 Frey · 31,948#1,080 Mcgowan · 31,927#1,082 Mooney · 31,792#1,083 Key · 31,773

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Shea, most common first.

#12,854 Shew · 2,288#18,123 Sha · 1,515#24,844 Shee · 1,047#28,526 She · 889#33,925 Sheu · 721#68,789 Shia · 308#73,330 Shey · 285#87,624 Sheh · 228

Also a first name

As a first name, Shea ranks #1,698 of 53,615, with 18,210 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2005, with 531 births. See Shea as a first name

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