Sheehan Family History
Sheehan Name Meaning
Irish: reduced form of O’Sheehan, an Anglicized form of
Gaelic Ó Síodhacháin ‘descendant of
Síodhachán’, a personal name representing a diminutive of
síodhach ‘peaceful’, the same word as
sítheach. Compare Sheehy.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Sheehan Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Sheehan families
 586 - 1,170  196 - 585 |
 1 - 195  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Sheehan families
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156 - 310 53 - 155 |
1 - 52 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Sheehan families
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6 - 9 3 - 5 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Sheehan Family Origin
Sheehan Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Sheehan
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Sheehan Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Sheehan census records
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