O'Shea's Surname

11,742,229th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

O'Shea's Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

O'Shea's Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

O'Shea's Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name O'Shea's Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname O'Shea's is more frequently found in Australia than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of O'Shea's.

How Common Is The Last Name O'Shea's? popularity and diffusion

The last name O'Shea's is the 11,742,229th most widely held surname in the world, held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 50 percent of O'Shea's live; 50 percent live in North America and 50 percent live in Anglo-North America.

It is most frequently held in Australia, where it is held by 1 people, or 1 in 26,995,701. In Australia it is mostly found in: South Australia, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Australia it exists in one country. It is also found in Canada, where 50 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
O'Shea8635,871/
Osheas861/
O'Sheea802/
Oshea7712,368/
Oseas77186/
Oshas7713/
O'Sha773/
O'Sea773/
O'She771/
Oshes770/
Goshea71139/
Osheha71117/
O'Shee71106/
Hoshea7165/
O'Shay7142/
O'Shei7131/
Oseias7122/
Oshash7119/
Osahas7119/
Hoseas7117/
Oschea7112/
O'Shae718/
O'Shey717/
Oheads716/
Osheap714/
Osheya714/
Hoshas713/
Oshues713/
Osseas713/
Oshats713/
O'Head712/
Oishea712/
Oshiea712/
Oshese711/
Osheja711/
Oshais711/
O'Chea711/
Osheea711/
Osheae711/
O'Eads711/
O'East711/
Ooshea711/
O'Sheh711/
Osheua711/
Ooshas711/
O'Sher710/
O'Shed710/
Oses6713,268/
Osas676,077/
Osha675,466/
Osea671,804/
Oshe671,542/
Hosheya67495/
Ohea67224/
Oshaish67219/
Oscheja6756/
O'Se6730/
Goushas6724/
Osheshe6721/
O'Sa6714/
Houseas677/
O'Heath674/
Oeas673/
Asheyas671/
Oshatts671/
Oseijas671/
Hoseias671/
Osshaus671/
Oshejah671/
Oesches670/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to O'Shea's
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