How common is the surname Shearin?

3,399 people in the United States had the surname Shearin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 90,834 Americans. It ranked 9,563rd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Shearin getting more or less common?

More common. 2,976 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,399 in 2010, up 14%.

The surname Shearin

A surname, carried by 3,399 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S650

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shearin is more common than 94.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,399 people named Shearin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 90,834 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,976.

#9,563

rank among US surnames

3,399

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+14.2%

change since 2000 (was #9,992)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,557	Lampley	3,402	90,754
#9,560	Arp	3,401	90,781
#9,562	Towery	3,400	90,808
#9,563	Leader	3,399	90,834
#9,567	Hendon	3,398	90,861
#9,568	Sill	3,397	90,888
#9,570	Revis	3,396	90,914

Who is named Shearin

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

74% of people named Shearin identified as white (not Hispanic), 21% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 74%
Black (not Hispanic) 21%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Shearin

Shearin has the Soundex code S650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S650.

Questions

How common is the surname Shearin?: 3,399 people in the United States had the surname Shearin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 90,834 Americans. It ranked 9,563rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Shearin?: In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Shearin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 21% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Shearin getting more or less common?: More common. 2,976 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,399 in 2010, up 14%.