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    The surname Shew

    A surname, carried by 2,485 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S000

    Shew: #12,485 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Shew #12,485, 2,485 people Shew: #12,485 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Shew #12,485, 2,485 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shew is more common than 92.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,485 people named Shew in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 124,244 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,408.

    #12,485
    rank among US surnames
    2,485
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.2%
    change since 2000 (was #11,903)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,476Beaupre2,488124,094
    #12,482Bade2,487124,144
    #12,485Lowrie2,485124,244
    #12,488Tuma2,484124,294
    #12,491Laplant2,482124,394

    Who is named Shew

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

    86% of people named Shew identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 86%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 8.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Shew

    Shew has the Soundex code S000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S000.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Shew?
    2,485 people in the United States had the surname Shew in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 124,244 Americans. It ranked 12,485th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Shew?
    In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Shew identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Shew getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,408 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,485 in 2010, up 3.2%.