Sheehy is used as a family name or surname in Australia. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Sheehy
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Australia
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Sheehy

How popular is Sheehy?

Sheehy is common in Australia.

Sheehy is ranked 36410 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Sheehy bearers increased by 4.296619 per cent in 2010 US census to 4782 since 2000, the surname slipped by 228 spots and ranked at 7005. The last name was found in around 16 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 93.62 95.22
Black 2.15 1.59
Hispanic or Latino 1.74 1.11
Others 1.34 0.94
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.67 0.72
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.48 0.41
Sheehy is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Ireland is ahead in terms of density. Around 13575 people have been found who wears Sheehy as their family name. Sheehy is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
14,078 Japan3
35,184 Poland3
6,103 Cyprus2
20,595 China2
723,167 Indonesia2
4,231 Jamaica2
473 Anguilla2
54,641 Sweden2
172,258 Germany1
1,704,541 India1
6,688 Malawi1
8,268 Mauritius1
153,416 Italy1
9,498 Iceland1
11,510 Oman1
2,211 Brunei1
24,176 Qatar1
118,015 Netherlands1
3,350 Fiji1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
1,254 Gibraltar1
11,831 Tajikistan1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
23,537 Switzerland45
58,436 Spain30
11,685 Singapore24
52,530 Belgium22
1,163 Jersey17
4,648 Costa Rica11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
5,848 Scotland92
56,973 South Africa73
133,875 France61
Countries with hundreds of Sheehy:
4,785 Canada931
3,644 New Zealand211
2,864 Wales135
1,881 Northern Ireland131
Countries with thousands of Sheehy:
6,024 United States6,467
285 Ireland2,844
5,771 England1,237
2,559 Australia1,212
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Dressmaker Eliza Sheehy from Ireland aboard the Liberty from Cork during the Irish famine. She is registered to be 22 years old when she arrived in USA on May 21, 1846. Norry Sheehy, aged 19, Ryan Sheehy, aged 28, John Sheehy, 32 years old Ellen Sheehy, Robert Sheehy (6), Ellen Sheehy, aged 4, Maria Sheehy, aged 2, Catherine Sheehy, aged 4 months old, and 100 other Sheehy around 45.83% of whom were workman while others worked as matron and farmer, spinster, butcher migrated to US.

Sheehy Namesakes

  • Joseph Aloysius Sheehy, Jurist
  • Gail Sheehy, Author
  • Henry Sheehy Keating, Commanding officer
  • Timothy Sheehy, Ice hockey player
  • Gail Sheehy, Author
  • Ean Sheehy, Actor
  • Brett Sheehy, Artistic Director
  • Gail Sheehy, Author
  • Gail Sheehy, Author
  • Gail Sheehy, Author
  • In 2006 documentary, drama movie, The Exile Files, Niall Sheehy characterized Tallien.

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