How common is the surname Shield?

1,209 people in the United States had the surname Shield in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 255,373 Americans. It ranked 21,583rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Shield?

Mark Shield, Australian soccer referee, followed by Leroy Shield.

Where is the surname Shield most common?

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

Is the surname Shield getting more or less common?

More common. 1,189 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,209 in 2010, up 1.7%.

The surname Shield

A surname, carried by 1,209 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S430

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shield is more common than 86.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,209 people named Shield in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 255,373 Americans. That is up 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,189.

#21,583

rank among US surnames

1,209

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+1.7%

change since 2000 (was #20,676)

Who is named Shield

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

73% of people named Shield identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.3% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Shields

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mark Shield
Australian soccer referee, born 1973
Leroy Shield
American film score and radio composer, pianist, session musician (1893-1962)

Notable Shields come mostly from Australia (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Shiel

Surnames that sound like Shield

Schild

Shield has the Soundex code S430, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S430.

Questions

How common is the surname Shield?: 1,209 people in the United States had the surname Shield in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 255,373 Americans. It ranked 21,583rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Shield?: In the 2010 Census, 73% of people named Shield identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Shield?: Mark Shield, Australian soccer referee, followed by Leroy Shield.
Where is the surname Shield most common?: Wikidata records people named Shield in Australia and the United States.
Is the surname Shield getting more or less common?: More common. 1,189 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,209 in 2010, up 1.7%.
What are other spellings of Shield?: Shiel.