Last Name SHANNON

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Meaning The canon. The canon-house near Ulverston once attached to Conishead Priority, later became a farmstead called 'Shannon-house,' but is styled 'Chanon-house' in the Church registers of 18th century.
From the Shannon, a river of Ireland. The tranquil, gentle river, from 'sen,' gentle, and 'abhain,' a river. 'Shan-eon,' the tranquil river. 'S' before a vowel, in the Gaelic, has the sound of 'sh.' The river 'Seine,' in France, has the same signification. 'Shanon' - the ancient river, from 'sean,' old, and 'oun' or 'obhain,' a river.
Origin English, Scottish, Gaelic, Jewish, Irish, Belgian, South african, Liberian

Rank 693 (2000 US census) 679 (1990 US census)
Count 44,902 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 77.39%, or 34750 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 18.73%, or 8410 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.45%, or 202 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.38%, or 171 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.55%, or 696 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.5%, or 674 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Longest last names

 The 2000 USA census contains more than 150,000 surnames. The longest surnames contain 15 characters each. There are 23 names like that. There could be more of those last names in reality. Firstly because it has been 10+ years since the survey and we could have gotten...

How many distinct last names exist in the United States of America?

 How does one estimate/guess that number? The first source that comes to mind is the result of the latest available census. We know that 2000 year census presents us with a little over 150,000 unique surnames. The least po...

Scottish surnames

 Scottish last names divide themselves into two classes: Highland and Lowland.
In very few instances the names were considered before the eleventh century. They became significantly better known only since the thirteen century.
Just like English and other last n...

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