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    The surname O'Shields

    A surname, carried by 1,498 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex O243

    O'Shields: #18,467 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer O'Shields #18,467, 1,498 people O'Shields: #18,467 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez O'Shields #18,467, 1,498 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). O'Shields is more common than 88.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,498 people named O'Shields in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 206,105 Americans. That is down 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,535.

    #18,467
    rank among US surnames
    1,498
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    -2.4%
    change since 2000 (was #17,059)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,467Sciacca1,498206,105
    #18,474Longnecker1,497206,243

    Who is named O'Shields

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

    95% of people named O'Shields identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Questions

    How common is the surname O'Shields?
    1,498 people in the United States had the surname O'Shields in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 206,105 Americans. It ranked 18,467th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname O'Shields?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named O'Shields identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname O'Shields getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,535 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,498 in 2010, down 2.4%.