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    The surname Shaikh

    A surname, carried by 6,063 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S200

    Shaikh: #5,722 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Shaikh #5,722, 6,063 people Shaikh: #5,722 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Shaikh #5,722, 6,063 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shaikh is more common than 96.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,063 people named Shaikh in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 50,923 Americans. That is up 85% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,273.

    #5,722
    rank among US surnames
    6,063
    people in 2010
    2.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +85.2%
    change since 2000 (was #9,163)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,718Chaparro6,06650,898
    #5,719Pinedo6,06550,906
    #5,721Whetstone6,06450,915
    #5,722Shaikh6,06350,923

    Who is named Shaikh

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

    90% of people named Shaikh identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 5.2% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as two or more races.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 90%
    • White (not Hispanic) 5.2%
    • Two or more races 3.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

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

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Shaikh

    Shaikh has the Soundex code S200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S200.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Shaikh?
    6,063 people in the United States had the surname Shaikh in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 50,923 Americans. It ranked 5,722nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Shaikh?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Shaikh identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 5.2% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Shaikh getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,273 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,063 in 2010, up 85%.