Sheen is used as a family name or surname in Ireland. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Sheen
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Ireland
Meaning:

A variant of Sheene. 1. The original name of Richmond, county of Surrey. 2. Anglo-Saxon scinan to shine, whence Old English shene, bright, shining—a word frequently employed by our old poets.

Sheen is variation of Sheehan. The O'Sheehans were a sept in the counties of Cork and Limerick.

Grandson of little Siodhach meaning "peaceful".

The form of Sheehan. Grandson of little Siodhach meaning "peaceful".

How popular is Sheen?

Sheen is common in England, United States, Australia, Canada, Peru, Wales, India, Pakistan, Egypt, Scotland.

Sheen is ranked 56955 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Sheens grew by 20.14 per cent to 2118 since 2000 and ranked 14178 after elevating 1121 spots. The last name was found in around 7 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 68.84 71.3
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 20.21 17.98
Black 3.54 4.59
Hispanic or Latino 3.07 2.61
Sheen is quite popular family name mostly used in England while Guernsey is ahead in terms of density. Around 8902 people have been found who wears Sheen as their family name. Sheen is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Sheen:
2,899 England2,720
14,957 United States2,506
Countries with hundreds of Sheen:
4,196 Australia856
7,755 Canada548
6,051 Peru349
1,226 Wales282
85,809 India275
12,607 Pakistan189
32,813 Egypt153
3,837 Scotland130
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
50,359 South Africa77
274 South Korea75
6,873 Afghanistan56
4,171 Singapore56
12,256 New Zealand52
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
1,548 China47
8,136 Dominican Republic46
185,353 Russia39
16,450 Uzbekistan38
147,509 Philippines30
53,021 Malaysia24
294,953 Thailand23
767 Guernsey22
11,536 Qatar22
624 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines21
167,743 Germany20
170,086 Ukraine20
5,870 Trinidad and Tobago17
63,055 Kazakhstan16
1,043 United States Virgin Islands16
28,211 Venezuela12
259,204 Nigeria11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
16,335 Taiwan9
112,590 Cameroon9
32,607 Saudi Arabia9
307 Tonga9
488,268 Indonesia8
336,266 France7
1,286 Bermuda7
92,666 Spain7
52,907 Kenya6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Workman Timothy Sheen from Great Britain aboard the Emmanuel from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 30 years old when he arrived in USA on June 3, 1846. Michael Sheen (25) Workman, 22 years old Hellen Sheen, Born at sea Biddy Sheen, Workman Edward Sheen, John Sheen (24) Immigrant, Immigrant Mrs Sheen, Bridget Sheen, aged 27, Immigrant Edward Sheen, and 44 other Sheen around 66.67% of whom were workman while others worked as servant and farmer, tailoress migrated to US.

From Germany

C. Sheen worked as baker and hailed from Germany. 15 years old embarked for United States from London on Amazon and arrived on December 22, 1855. 36 years old Adolph Sheen, are other Sheen that migrated to US.

Sheen Namesakes

  • Barry Sheen, British judge
  • Fulton J. Sheen, American bishop of the Catholic Church
  • Martin Sheen, American actor
  • Michael Sheen, Welsh actor
  • Charlie Sheen, American actor

Sheen Namesakes

  • Barry Sheen, British judge
  • Fulton J. Sheen, American bishop of the Catholic Church
  • Martin Sheen, American actor
  • Michael Sheen, Welsh actor
  • Charlie Sheen, American actor

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