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    The surname Sheller

    A surname, carried by 1,306 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S460

    Sheller: #20,348 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Sheller #20,348, 1,306 people Sheller: #20,348 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Sheller #20,348, 1,306 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sheller is more common than 87.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,306 people named Sheller in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 236,405 Americans. That is up 27% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,031.

    #20,348
    rank among US surnames
    1,306
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +26.7%
    change since 2000 (was #23,128)

    Who is named Sheller

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

    94% of people named Sheller identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Sheller

    Sheller has the Soundex code S460, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S460.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Sheller?
    1,306 people in the United States had the surname Sheller in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 236,405 Americans. It ranked 20,348th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Sheller?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Sheller identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Sheller getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,031 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,306 in 2010, up 27%.