Shawn 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 6
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 0
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 3
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 7
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 1
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 6

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

Shawn Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Shawn family

Profession Census Frequency
Cotton Weaver 1
Male Servant 1
Mason 1
Agent 1
Female Servant 1
Malster 1
Dress Maker 1
Independent 1
Tailor 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Shawn

Name Census Frequency
John Shawn 16
Mary Shawn 11
Elizabeth Shawn 10
William Shawn 10
Ann Shawn 5
Annie Shawn 5
Sarah Shawn 5
Hannah Shawn 4
Thomas Shawn 4
Eliza Shawn 3
Emily Shawn 3
Emma Shawn 3
James Shawn 3
Agnes Shawn 2
Alice Shawn 2
Arthur Shawn 2
Catherine Shawn 2
Charles Shawn 2
Ellen Shawn 2
Florence Shawn 2
Helah Shawn 2
Henry Shawn 2
Maria Shawn 2
Robert Shawn 2
Sidney Shawn 2

Shawn Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Ashwin 50% 2,104
2 Sean 60% 374
3 Shewan 67% 367
4 Shawn 100% 149
5 Shown 80% 149
6 Shewen 67% 101

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The surname Shawn is the 4th most popular variant of Ashwin.

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