How common is the surname Shaul?

1,785 people in the United States had the surname Shaul in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 172,967 Americans. It ranked 16,188th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Shaul?

In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Shaul identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

How do you pronounce Shaul?

Shaul is /ʃɑˈuːl/, one syllable.

Is the surname Shaul getting more or less common?

More common. 1,548 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,785 in 2010, up 15%.

Is Shaul also a first name?

Yes. Shaul is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Shaul

A surname, carried by 1,785 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ʃɑˈuːl/ 1 syllable Soundex S400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shaul is more common than 90% of them.

Origin

See Saul.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,785 people named Shaul in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 172,967 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,548.

#16,188

rank among US surnames

1,785

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+15.3%

change since 2000 (was #16,944)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,179	Rickards	1,786	172,870
#16,188	Pidgeon	1,785	172,967
#16,191	Paolucci	1,784	173,064
#16,195	Pincus	1,783	173,161

Who is named Shaul

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

90% of people named Shaul identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Asian and Pacific Islander 3.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.1%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Shaul

Shaul has the Soundex code S400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S400.

Questions

Where does the surname Shaul come from?: See Saul.
How common is the surname Shaul?: 1,785 people in the United States had the surname Shaul in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 172,967 Americans. It ranked 16,188th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Shaul?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Shaul identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
How do you pronounce Shaul?: Shaul is /ʃɑˈuːl/, one syllable.
Is the surname Shaul getting more or less common?: More common. 1,548 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,785 in 2010, up 15%.
Is Shaul also a first name?: Yes. Shaul is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.