How common is the surname Shaner?

5,121 people in the United States had the surname Shaner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 60,290 Americans. It ranked 6,612th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Shaner?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Shaner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Shaner?

William Shaner, American sports shooter.

Where is the surname Shaner most common?

Wikidata records people named Shaner in the United States.

Is the surname Shaner getting more or less common?

More common. 4,906 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,121 in 2010, up 4.4%.

The surname Shaner

A surname, carried by 5,121 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S560

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shaner is more common than 95.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,121 people named Shaner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 60,290 Americans. That is up 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,906.

#6,612

rank among US surnames

5,121

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+4.4%

change since 2000 (was #6,393)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,603	Kain	5,132	60,161
#6,604	Persinger	5,131	60,173
#6,605	Rubalcava	5,130	60,184
#6,606	Marron	5,129	60,196
#6,607	O'Hare	5,128	60,208
#6,608	Napoli	5,127	60,220
#6,609	Pugliese	5,126	60,231

Who is named Shaner

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

96% of people named Shaner identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Shaners

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

William Shaner
American sports shooter, born 2001

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Shaner

Shaner has the Soundex code S560, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S560.

Questions

How common is the surname Shaner?: 5,121 people in the United States had the surname Shaner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 60,290 Americans. It ranked 6,612th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Shaner?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Shaner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Shaner?: William Shaner, American sports shooter.
Where is the surname Shaner most common?: Wikidata records people named Shaner in the United States.
Is the surname Shaner getting more or less common?: More common. 4,906 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,121 in 2010, up 4.4%.