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    The surname McShan

    A surname, carried by 1,272 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M250

    McShan: #20,770 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer McShan #20,770, 1,272 people McShan: #20,770 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez McShan #20,770, 1,272 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McShan is more common than 87.2% of them.

    Origin

    Variant of McShane.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,272 people named McShan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 242,724 Americans. That is up 8.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,174.

    #20,770
    rank among US surnames
    1,272
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.3%
    change since 2000 (was #20,898)

    Who is named McShan

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    57% of people named McShan identified as Black (not Hispanic), 38% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.6% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 57%
    • White (not Hispanic) 38%
    • Two or more races 3.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like McShan

    McShan has the Soundex code M250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M250.

    Questions

    Where does the surname McShan come from?
    Variant of McShane.
    How common is the surname McShan?
    1,272 people in the United States had the surname McShan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 242,724 Americans. It ranked 20,770th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McShan?
    In the 2010 Census, 57% of people named McShan identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 38% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname McShan getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,174 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,272 in 2010, up 8.3%.