Sheridan Family History
Sheridan Name Meaning
Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Sirideáin
‘descendant of Sirideán’, a personal name of uncertain
origin, possibly akin to sirim ‘to seek’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Sheridan Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Sheridan families
 470 - 937  157 - 469 |
 1 - 156  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Sheridan families
|
387 - 771 130 - 386 |
1 - 129 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Sheridan families
|
111 - 219 38 - 110 |
1 - 37 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Sheridan Family Origin
Sheridan Immigration Information
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Sheridan Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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