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    The surname Shahid

    A surname, carried by 2,618 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S300

    Shahid: #11,942 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Shahid #11,942, 2,618 people Shahid: #11,942 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Shahid #11,942, 2,618 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shahid is more common than 92.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,618 people named Shahid in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 117,932 Americans. That is up 74% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,508.

    #11,942
    rank among US surnames
    2,618
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +73.6%
    change since 2000 (was #17,282)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #11,936Okane2,621117,797
    #11,938Heiden2,620117,842
    #11,940Brickner2,619117,887
    #11,942Bitter2,618117,932
    #11,946Polly2,617117,977

    Who is named Shahid

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

    69% of people named Shahid identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 17% as Black (not Hispanic) and 9.7% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 69%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 17%
    • White (not Hispanic) 9.7%
    • Two or more races 3.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Native American 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 Shahid

    Shahid has the Soundex code S300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S300.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Shahid?
    2,618 people in the United States had the surname Shahid in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 117,932 Americans. It ranked 11,942nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Shahid?
    In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Shahid identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 17% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Shahid getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,508 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,618 in 2010, up 74%.