# Shield (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/shield/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,209 |
| US rank (2010) | 21,583 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 255,373 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.7% (1,189 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Shiel |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Shield in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 73% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 17% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 3.3% |
| Two or more races | 3.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Shield in Australia and the United States.

## People named Shield

- Mark Shield, Australian soccer referee
- Leroy Shield, American film score and radio composer, pianist, session musician (1893-1962)

## Similar surnames

Schild, Schulte, Slade, Slate, Sloat, Schuldt, Solt, Salt, Soliday.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.