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    The surname Shake

    A surname, carried by 1,630 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S200

    Shake: #17,337 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Shake #17,337, 1,630 people Shake: #17,337 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Shake #17,337, 1,630 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shake is more common than 89.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,630 people named Shake in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 189,414 Americans. That is up 43% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,140.

    #17,337
    rank among US surnames
    1,630
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +43%
    change since 2000 (was #21,395)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,331Uhler1,631189,298
    #17,337Shake1,630189,414
    #17,345Estey1,629189,531

    Who is named Shake

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

    88% of people named Shake identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 2.9% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 88%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 3.6%
    • Two or more races 2.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Shake

    Shake 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 Shake?
    1,630 people in the United States had the surname Shake in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 189,414 Americans. It ranked 17,337th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Shake?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Shake identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Shake getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,140 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,630 in 2010, up 43%.