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The surname Shewchuk

An Ukrainian surname, carried by 402 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S220

Shewchuk: #51,723 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Shewchuk #51,723, 402 people Shewchuk: #51,723 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Shewchuk #51,723, 402 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shewchuk is more common than 68.1% of them.

Origin

Ukrainian origin

Alternative romanization of Shevchuk, with W used to transliterate Ukrainian в (v), from Ukrainian Шевчук (Ševčuk). Mostly found among Ukrainian Canadians.

One of 22 Ukrainian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 402 people named Shewchuk in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 768,024 Americans. That is up 9.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 366.

#51,723
rank among US surnames
402
people in 2010
0.1
per 100,000 Americans
+9.8%
change since 2000 (was #53,047)

Who is named Shewchuk

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

94% of people named Shewchuk identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as two or more races and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 94%
  • Two or more races 2.2%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
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 Shewchuk

Shewchuk has the Soundex code S220, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S220.

Other Ukrainian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Shewchuk come from?
Alternative romanization of Shevchuk, with W used to transliterate Ukrainian в (v), from Ukrainian Шевчук (Ševčuk). Mostly found among Ukrainian Canadians.
How common is the surname Shewchuk?
402 people in the United States had the surname Shewchuk in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 768,024 Americans. It ranked 51,723rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Shewchuk?
In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Shewchuk identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as two or more races.
Is the surname Shewchuk getting more or less common?
More common. 366 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 402 in 2010, up 9.8%.