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    The surname Shieh

    A surname, carried by 1,197 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S000

    Shieh: #21,736 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Shieh #21,736, 1,197 people Shieh: #21,736 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Shieh #21,736, 1,197 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shieh is more common than 86.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,197 people named Shieh in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 257,933 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,058.

    #21,736
    rank among US surnames
    1,197
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +13.1%
    change since 2000 (was #22,670)

    Who is named Shieh

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

    94% of people named Shieh identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 3.7% as two or more races and 1.8% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 94%
    • Two or more races 3.7%
    • White (not Hispanic) 1.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, 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 Shieh

    Shieh 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 Shieh?
    1,197 people in the United States had the surname Shieh in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 257,933 Americans. It ranked 21,736th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Shieh?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Shieh identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 3.7% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Shieh getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,058 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,197 in 2010, up 13%.