as a Last Name
- 8,131
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Sharkey
Meaning & Origins
Irish (Ulster and Connacht): reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Searcaigh‘descendant of Searcach’, a byname meaning ‘beloved’.
| 3,794th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 8,131
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- New Jersey
- has the most people named Sharkey per capita
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