How common is the last name Sheridan?

21,412 people in the United States have the last name Sheridan, about 1 in 13,959. It ranks #1,627 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

SHERIDAN

#1,627

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
21,412
About
1 in 13,959
This common or more
45.4%
Who bears it

Of the 21,412 people with the last name Sheridan, 88.5% reported their origin as White, 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino and 3.4% as Black. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Sheridan

#1,625 Ojeda · 21,443#1,626 Grimm · 21,420#1,628 Piper · 21,405#1,629 Mead · 21,404

Spelled almost the same

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

#133,220 Sheraden · 132#154,755 Sherden · 102

Also a first name

As a first name, Sheridan ranks #3,170 of 53,615, with 6,871 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2001, with 328 births. See Sheridan as a first name

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