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    The surname Shamoon

    A surname, carried by 1,085 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S550

    Shamoon: #23,432 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Shamoon #23,432, 1,085 people Shamoon: #23,432 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Shamoon #23,432, 1,085 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shamoon is more common than 85.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,085 people named Shamoon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 284,558 Americans. That is up 59% since 2000, when the Census counted 684.

    #23,432
    rank among US surnames
    1,085
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +58.6%
    change since 2000 (was #31,884)

    Who is named Shamoon

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

    92% of people named Shamoon identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.0% as two or more races and 2.7% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Two or more races 4.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
    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

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    Surnames that sound like Shamoon

    Shamoon has the Soundex code S550, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S550.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Shamoon?
    1,085 people in the United States had the surname Shamoon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 284,558 Americans. It ranked 23,432nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Shamoon?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Shamoon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.0% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Shamoon getting more or less common?
    More common. 684 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,085 in 2010, up 59%.