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    The surname Shewmaker

    A surname, carried by 1,636 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex S526

    Shewmaker: #17,300 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Shewmaker #17,300, 1,636 people Shewmaker: #17,300 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Shewmaker #17,300, 1,636 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shewmaker is more common than 89.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,636 people named Shewmaker in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 188,720 Americans. That is up 6.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,539.

    #17,300
    rank among US surnames
    1,636
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.3%
    change since 2000 (was #17,014)

    Who is named Shewmaker

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

    96% of people named Shewmaker identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Two or more races 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Shewmaker

    Shewmaker has the Soundex code S526, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S526.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Shewmaker?
    1,636 people in the United States had the surname Shewmaker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 188,720 Americans. It ranked 17,300th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Shewmaker?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Shewmaker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Shewmaker getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,539 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,636 in 2010, up 6.3%.