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    The surname Shackelford

    A surname, carried by 11,525 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex S241

    Shackelford: #3,130 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Shackelford #3,130, 11,525 people Shackelford: #3,130 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Shackelford #3,130, 11,525 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shackelford is more common than 98.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 11,525 people named Shackelford in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 26,789 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,367.

    #3,130
    rank among US surnames
    11,525
    people in 2010
    3.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.4%
    change since 2000 (was #2,905)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,121Perrin11,55026,731
    #3,122McAdams11,54726,738
    #3,124Keeler11,54626,740
    #3,126Menard11,54326,747
    #3,127Ricci11,53426,768
    #3,128Burkholder11,53226,773
    #3,129Poindexter11,53126,775

    Who is named Shackelford

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

    77% of people named Shackelford identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 77%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 17%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Shackelfords

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Ted Shackelford
      American actor, born 1946

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Shackelford

    Shackelford has the Soundex code S241, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S241.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Shackelford?
    11,525 people in the United States had the surname Shackelford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 26,789 Americans. It ranked 3,130th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Shackelford?
    In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Shackelford identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Shackelford?
    Ted Shackelford, American actor.
    Where is the surname Shackelford most common?
    Wikidata records people named Shackelford in the United States.
    Is the surname Shackelford getting more or less common?
    More common. 11,367 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,525 in 2010, up 1.4%.