How common is the surname Schapiro?

1,007 people in the United States had the surname Schapiro in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 306,599 Americans. It ranked 24,747th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Schapiro?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Schapiro identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Schapiro?

Meyer Schapiro, American historian of art (1904–1996), followed by Mary Lovelace Schapiro.

Where is the surname Schapiro most common?

Wikidata records people named Schapiro in the United States.

Is the surname Schapiro getting more or less common?

More common. 820 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,007 in 2010, up 23%.

The surname Schapiro

A surname, carried by 1,007 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex S160

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schapiro is more common than 84.7% of them.

Origin

Variant of Shapiro.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,007 people named Schapiro in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 306,599 Americans. That is up 23% since 2000, when the Census counted 820.

#24,747

rank among US surnames

1,007

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+22.8%

change since 2000 (was #27,646)

Who is named Schapiro

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

96% of people named Schapiro identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Schapiros

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Meyer Schapiro
American historian of art (1904–1996)
Mary Lovelace Schapiro
29th Chairwoman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, born 1955
Steve Schapiro
American photographer (1934–2022)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Schapiro

Schapiro has the Soundex code S160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S160.

Questions

Where does the surname Schapiro come from?: Variant of Shapiro.
How common is the surname Schapiro?: 1,007 people in the United States had the surname Schapiro in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 306,599 Americans. It ranked 24,747th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Schapiro?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Schapiro identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Schapiro?: Meyer Schapiro, American historian of art (1904–1996), followed by Mary Lovelace Schapiro.
Where is the surname Schapiro most common?: Wikidata records people named Schapiro in the United States.
Is the surname Schapiro getting more or less common?: More common. 820 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,007 in 2010, up 23%.