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    The surname Shahin

    A surname, carried by 1,123 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S500

    Shahin: #22,809 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Shahin #22,809, 1,123 people Shahin: #22,809 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Shahin #22,809, 1,123 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shahin is more common than 85.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,123 people named Shahin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 274,929 Americans. That is up 23% since 2000, when the Census counted 915.

    #22,809
    rank among US surnames
    1,123
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +22.7%
    change since 2000 (was #25,398)

    Who is named Shahin

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

    83% of people named Shahin identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.3% as two or more races and 5.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 83%
    • Two or more races 6.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 5.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Shahin

    Shahin 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 Shahin?
    1,123 people in the United States had the surname Shahin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 274,929 Americans. It ranked 22,809th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Shahin?
    In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Shahin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.3% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Shahin getting more or less common?
    More common. 915 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,123 in 2010, up 23%.