How common is the surname Shead?

1,428 people in the United States had the surname Shead in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 216,208 Americans. It ranked 19,062nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Shead?

Jamal Shead, American basketball player (born 2002).

Where is the surname Shead most common?

Wikidata records people named Shead in the United States.

Is the surname Shead getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,467 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,428 in 2010, down 2.7%.

The surname Shead

A surname, carried by 1,428 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S300

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shead is more common than 88.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,428 people named Shead in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 216,208 Americans. That is down 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,467.

#19,062

rank among US surnames

1,428

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-2.7%

change since 2000 (was #17,639)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#19,053	Minder	1,429	216,057
#19,062	Cianci	1,428	216,208

Who is named Shead

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

48% of people named Shead identified as Black (not Hispanic), 46% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 48%
White (not Hispanic) 46%
Two or more races 2.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Sheads

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jamal Shead
American basketball player (born 2002)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Shead

Shead has the Soundex code S300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S300.

Questions

How common is the surname Shead?: 1,428 people in the United States had the surname Shead in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 216,208 Americans. It ranked 19,062nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Shead?: In the 2010 Census, 48% of people named Shead identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 46% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Shead?: Jamal Shead, American basketball player (born 2002).
Where is the surname Shead most common?: Wikidata records people named Shead in the United States.
Is the surname Shead getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,467 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,428 in 2010, down 2.7%.