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The surname Sheffler

A surname, carried by 1,301 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S146

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Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sheffler is more common than 87.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,301 people named Sheffler in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 237,314 Americans. That is up 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,254.

#20,421
rank among US surnames
1,301
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
+3.7%
change since 2000 (was #19,840)

Who is named Sheffler

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

96% of people named Sheffler identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 96%
  • Two or more races 2.1%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.4%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sheffler

Sheffler has the Soundex code S146, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S146.

Questions

How common is the surname Sheffler?
1,301 people in the United States had the surname Sheffler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 237,314 Americans. It ranked 20,421st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sheffler?
In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Sheffler identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as two or more races.
Is the surname Sheffler getting more or less common?
More common. 1,254 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,301 in 2010, up 3.7%.