Sheen
surname · Latin script
Meaning: from OE scīene ‘fair, handsome’; first attested Robert Schene 1226
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ʃiːn/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Sheen is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Pakistan than in any other country.
- AUAustralia≈1 in 41K(inferred from the name graph)
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 43K
- USUnited States1 in 157K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Pakistan (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 289 (measured from records)
- 1 in 5.6K (inferred from the name graph)
≈2,800 people, est.
Highest-authority source
St. Vincent & Grenadines
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from OE scīene ‘fair, handsome’; first attested Robert Schene 1226
Sources 1
- A Dictionary of English Surnames
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Sheen counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PK Pakistan | ≈2,800 est. | ≈1 in 84K | listed | — | 13 |
| US United States | 2,118 | 1 in 157K | 2.1K | Sheen | 289 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈1,500 est. | ≈1 in 43K | 2.7K | Sheen | 165 |
| AU Australia | ≈630 est. | ≈1 in 41K | — | Sheen | 106 |
| PE Peru | ≈450 est. | ≈1 in 70K | — | Sheen | 28 |
| VC St. Vincent & Grenadines | 18 | 1 in 5.6K | 18 | — | 1 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); Electoral Office of St Vincent & the Grenadines — Final Voters List (Nov 2025); the pk-muslim-names-cc0 register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Sheen is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, from Sheen, Surrey or Staffordshire; first attested John de Schene 1297
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
In English, Beautiful, good-looking, attractive; radiant; shiny.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In English, Different form of Sheehan.
as a nameEncyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
In English, Martin, US actor
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Fulton J. Sheenb. 1895USAmerican catholic bishop and television presenter (1895–1979)
- Mickey Sheenb. 1927USAmerican jazz musician (1927–1987)
- Ruth Sheenb. 1952GBEnglish actress
- Pauline Quirkeb. 1959GBnot in their usual nameEnglish retired actress (born 1959)
- Michael Sheenb. 1969GBWelsh actor
- Caroline Sheenb. 1974GBWelsh actress
- Brett Rossib. 1989USnot in their usual nameAmerican pornographic actress
- Lily Mo Sheenb. 1999GBAmerican actress (born 1999)
- Sami Sheenb. 2004USAmerican model and media personality
- Lola Sheenb. 2005USAmerican media personality (born 2005)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 26 sources across 15 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 125 | #33,571 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 121 | #33,571 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1983 | 6 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2007 | 5 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1985 | 5 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1992 | 5 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1984 | 5 | — |
| PK Pakistan | Muslim given names (CC0) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Sheen mean, and where does it come from?
- from OE scīene ‘fair, handsome’; first attested Robert Schene 1226 Recorded by A Dictionary of English Surnames.
- How do you pronounce Sheen?
- A machine transcription gives /ʃiːn/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Sheen have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 2.8 thousand people named Sheen in Pakistan, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Sheen most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Sheen is densest in St. Vincent & Grenadines — about 1 in 5.6 thousand people — even though Pakistan holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Sheen?
- In the United States, the national register counted 2,118 people named Sheen in 2010, about 1 in 157 thousand residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/sheenThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Sheen”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.