# Shell (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/shell/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 13,369 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,696 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 23,094 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.7% (13,143 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ʃɛl/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Shell in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 75% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 18% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.2% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Shell in the United States.

## People named Shell

- Tim Shell, American businessperson
- Art Shell, American football player and coach

## Similar surnames

Shelley, Shull, Shelly, Shealy, Sheely, Sheeley, Sheley, Shealey, Sewell, Schell, Sell, Sowell.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.