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    The surname Sha

    A surname, carried by 1,058 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S000

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sha is more common than 85.3% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,058 people named Sha in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 291,820 Americans. That is up 54% since 2000, when the Census counted 689.

    #23,866
    rank among US surnames
    1,058
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +53.6%
    change since 2000 (was #31,704)

    Who is named Sha

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

    76% of people named Sha identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 17% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 76%
    • White (not Hispanic) 17%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Sha

    Sha has the Soundex code S000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S000.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Sha?
    1,058 people in the United States had the surname Sha in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 291,820 Americans. It ranked 23,866th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Sha?
    In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Sha identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 17% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Sha getting more or less common?
    More common. 689 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,058 in 2010, up 54%.