The Shahan surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,772 people carried this name — #8,704 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 78,100 people counted. That is up 9% from 3,458 in 2000.

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In the Nordic population registers

38 people named Shahan is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 38

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

In print

Shahan in American newspapers,
1893–1902.

Newspaper page from The Intermountain Catholic carrying the name Shahan
The Intermountain Catholic 1901-12-07
Newspaper page from Heppner Gazette carrying the name Shahan
Heppner Gazette 1902-08-14
Newspaper page from Fairhaven Herald carrying the name Shahan
Fairhaven Herald 1893-03-28

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 10,366 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Shahan in Australian newspapers,
1900s–1960s.

63 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Shahan. The most, 14, date from the 1950s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 1.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 32
Victoria 18
Queensland 7
Western Australia 4
Tasmania 2

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Shahan.

Who carried it

People named Shahan,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Thomas Joseph Shahan
    Thomas Joseph Shahan 1857–1932 · Catholic priest
  • Thomas Joseph Shahan 1857–1932 · Catholic priest
  • Paul Shahan 1923–1997 · composer
  • Robert R. Shahan 1939–2020 · Anglican priest

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 5 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Shahan,
in the records of 3 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States258 records

258 records of the Shahan name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 102
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 73
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 36
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 27
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 7
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 4
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 4
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Jack E. Shahan

    Born 1914 in Oklahoma. Enlisted 1943 at Los Angeles, California; construction foreman. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1966, buried at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Leroy Shahan

    Born 1929; from Wilmington, Delaware. U.S. Marine Corps; killed in action 1951 in Korea. Buried at Barratt's Chapel Cemetery, Frederica, Delaware.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Jerry Shahan

    Arrived at New York in 1884 aboard the City of Chicago from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 18; laborer. From Kings County, Ireland; bound for Rhode Island.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 258 records for Shahan in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia10 records

10 records of the Shahan name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 7
  • Tasmanian Names Index 2
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 1
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Patrick Shahan

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Fortune, arriving 1806.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Wm G. Shahan

    Arrived in Victoria in 1860 aboard the Marco Polo, aged 32; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Birth record Margaret Shahan

    Born 1852 in Hobart, Tasmania.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 10 records for Shahan in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Canada2 records

2 records of the Shahan name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record George Shahan

    Listed at Guysborough, Manchester, Guysborough, Nova Scotia in the census and tax rolls of 1792.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Birth record Fanny Shahan

    Born 1872 in Metaghan, Digby, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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