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    The surname Shenoy

    A surname, carried by 1,152 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S500

    Shenoy: #22,359 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Shenoy #22,359, 1,152 people Shenoy: #22,359 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Shenoy #22,359, 1,152 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shenoy is more common than 86.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,152 people named Shenoy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 268,008 Americans. That is up 75% since 2000, when the Census counted 660.

    #22,359
    rank among US surnames
    1,152
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +74.5%
    change since 2000 (was #32,782)

    Who is named Shenoy

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

    94% of people named Shenoy identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.5% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as two or more races.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 94%
    • White (not Hispanic) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 2.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Hispanic, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Shenoy

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Shenoy?
    1,152 people in the United States had the surname Shenoy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 268,008 Americans. It ranked 22,359th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Shenoy?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Shenoy identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.5% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Shenoy getting more or less common?
    More common. 660 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,152 in 2010, up 75%.