Shennan 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 4
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 7
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 2
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 3
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 1
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

Shennan Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Shennan family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 3
Joiner 2
Annuitant 1
General Labourer 1
Barman 1
Upholsterer 1
Laundrymaid Domestic Servant Institute Servant 1
Engine Fitter 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Shennan

Name Census Frequency
William Shennan 22
Elizabeth Shennan 12
John Shennan 12
James Shennan 10
Mary Shennan 9
Alexander Shennan 8
Margaret Shennan 8
Robert Shennan 7
Thomas Shennan 7
Alfred Shennan 5
Arthur Shennan 5
David Shennan 5
Janet Shennan 4
Sarah Shennan 4
Andrew Shennan 3
Annie Shennan 3
Catherine Shennan 3
Ann Shennan 2
Charles Shennan 2
Edward Shennan 2
Ellen Shennan 2
Emma Shennan 2
Gertrude Shennan 2
Hannah Shennan 2
Susan Shennan 2

Shennan Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Shannon 71% 10,539
2 Shannan 86% 300
3 Shennan 100% 202

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The surname Shennan is the 3rd most popular variant of Shannon.

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