How common is the surname Shaheen?

3,440 people in the United States had the surname Shaheen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 89,752 Americans. It ranked 9,458th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Shaheen?

In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Shaheen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Who is the most famous person named Shaheen?

Suhail Shaheen, Afghan Taliban politician.

Where is the surname Shaheen most common?

Wikidata records people named Shaheen in Afghanistan.

How do you pronounce Shaheen?

Shaheen is /ʃəˈhiːn/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Shaheen getting more or less common?

More common. 2,851 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,440 in 2010, up 21%.

The surname Shaheen

A surname, carried by 3,440 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ʃəˈhiːn/ 2 syllables Soundex S500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shaheen is more common than 94.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,440 people named Shaheen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 89,752 Americans. That is up 21% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,851.

#9,458

rank among US surnames

3,440

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+20.7%

change since 2000 (was #10,350)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,449	Subramanian	3,443	89,673
#9,451	Pick	3,442	89,699
#9,455	Antonucci	3,441	89,726
#9,458	Borrelli	3,440	89,752
#9,461	Hoban	3,439	89,778
#9,464	Cavallo	3,438	89,804
#9,466	Poulson	3,437	89,830

Who is named Shaheen

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

78% of people named Shaheen identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 2.9% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 78%
Asian and Pacific Islander 17%
Two or more races 2.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Shaheens

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Suhail Shaheen
Afghan Taliban politician

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Shaheen

Shaheen has the Soundex code S500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S500.

Questions

How common is the surname Shaheen?: 3,440 people in the United States had the surname Shaheen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 89,752 Americans. It ranked 9,458th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Shaheen?: In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Shaheen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Shaheen?: Suhail Shaheen, Afghan Taliban politician.
Where is the surname Shaheen most common?: Wikidata records people named Shaheen in Afghanistan.
How do you pronounce Shaheen?: Shaheen is /ʃəˈhiːn/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Shaheen getting more or less common?: More common. 2,851 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,440 in 2010, up 21%.