O'Shea

English

Etymology

Anglicisation of the Irish surname Ó Séaghdha.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /oʊˈʃeɪ/
• Rhymes: -eɪ

Proper noun

O'Shea (plural O'Sheas)

1. A surname from Irish.

Derived terms

• O'Shea's vent barnacle

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, O'Shea is the 3395^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 10531 individuals. O'Shea is most common among White (95.27%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “O'Shea”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• Hosea