O'shea Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 2
Lancashire 3
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 9
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

O'shea Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the O'shea family

Profession Census Frequency
Private Army 2
Labourer 2
Son At Home 2
Army Officer 1
Clerk N K 1
Dau At Home 1
Day Labourer 1
Dress Maker 1
Monthly Nurse 1

Most Frequent Forenames for O'shea

Name Census Frequency
Mary O'shea 74
John O'shea 63
James O'shea 37
William O'shea 36
Thomas O'shea 33
Patrick O'shea 32
Michael O'shea 30
Margaret O'shea 28
Ellen O'shea 27
Catherine O'shea 21
Elizabeth O'shea 20
Annie O'shea 18
Daniel O'shea 18
Agnes O'shea 14
Edward O'shea 13
George O'shea 12
Charles O'shea 10
Kate O'shea 10
Bridget O'shea 9
Eliza O'shea 9
Joseph O'shea 9
Julia O'shea 9
Sarah O'shea 9
Timothy O'shea 9
Kathleen O'shea 8

O'shea Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Oshea 83% 1,673
2 O'shea 100% 938

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The surname O'shea is the 2nd most popular variant of Oshea.

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