How common is the surname Sheen?

2,118 people in the United States had the surname Sheen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 145,772 Americans. It ranked 14,178th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sheen?

In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Sheen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Who is the most famous person named Sheen?

Fulton J. Sheen, American roman catholic bishop and television presenter (1895–1979), followed by Brett Rossi.

Where is the surname Sheen most common?

Wikidata records people named Sheen in the United States.

How do you pronounce Sheen?

Sheen is /ʃiːn/, one syllable.

Is the surname Sheen getting more or less common?

More common. 1,763 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,118 in 2010, up 20%.

The surname Sheen

A surname, carried by 2,118 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ʃiːn/ 1 syllable Soundex S500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sheen is more common than 91.3% of them.

Origin

From Old English Sceon (“shelter, shed”), from Proto-Germanic *skūrō.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,118 people named Sheen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 145,772 Americans. That is up 20% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,763.

#14,178

rank among US surnames

2,118

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+20.1%

change since 2000 (was #15,299)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,172	Stalcup	2,119	145,703
#14,178	Dunfee	2,118	145,772
#14,184	Pusateri	2,117	145,841

Who is named Sheen

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

69% of people named Sheen identified as white (not Hispanic), 20% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 3.5% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 69%
Asian and Pacific Islander 20%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.2%
Two or more races 2.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sheens

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Fulton J. Sheen
American roman catholic bishop and television presenter (1895–1979)
Brett Rossi
American pornographic film actress (born 1988/1989)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sheen

Sheen has the Soundex code S500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S500.

Questions

Where does the surname Sheen come from?: From Old English Sceon (“shelter, shed”), from Proto-Germanic *skūrō.
How common is the surname Sheen?: 2,118 people in the United States had the surname Sheen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 145,772 Americans. It ranked 14,178th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sheen?: In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Sheen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Sheen?: Fulton J. Sheen, American roman catholic bishop and television presenter (1895–1979), followed by Brett Rossi.
Where is the surname Sheen most common?: Wikidata records people named Sheen in the United States.
How do you pronounce Sheen?: Sheen is /ʃiːn/, one syllable.
Is the surname Sheen getting more or less common?: More common. 1,763 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,118 in 2010, up 20%.