Shanahan

English

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Seanacháin.

Proper noun

Shanahan (plural Shanahans)

1. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Shanahan is the 4119^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 8616 individuals. Shanahan is most common among White (94.82%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Shanahan”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.