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    The surname Shankle

    A surname, carried by 3,003 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S524

    Shankle: #10,653 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Shankle #10,653, 3,003 people Shankle: #10,653 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Shankle #10,653, 3,003 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shankle is more common than 93.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,003 people named Shankle in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 102,812 Americans. That is up 8.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,769.

    #10,653
    rank among US surnames
    3,003
    people in 2010
    1.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.5%
    change since 2000 (was #10,622)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,645Rosso3,006102,710
    #10,647Kan3,005102,744
    #10,649Weyer3,004102,778
    #10,653Anchondo3,003102,812
    #10,657Holz3,002102,847
    #10,662Bogdan3,001102,881

    Who is named Shankle

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

    75% of people named Shankle identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 75%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 19%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Shankle

    Shankle has the Soundex code S524, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S524.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Shankle?
    3,003 people in the United States had the surname Shankle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 102,812 Americans. It ranked 10,653rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Shankle?
    In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Shankle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Shankle getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,769 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,003 in 2010, up 8.5%.