Shahan Family History
Shahan Name Meaning
Irish: variant of Sheehan.Muslim: from the Persian
word shahan ‘kings’, the plural of Shah. Shahan
Shah ‘King of Kings’ was a title used by royalty in Iran before
the revolution of 1979. Shahan is a widespread name in Iran and
the Indian subcontinent.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Shahan
Name Distribution of Shahan Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Shahan families
 17 - 32  6 - 16 |
 1 - 5  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Shahan families
|
2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Shahan census records
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Shahan Family Origin
Shahan Emigration Information (US)
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You can find out when most of the Shahan families immigrated
to the United States.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Shahan Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Shahan census records
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Military Service by Shahan
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