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    The surname Shields

    A surname, carried by 50,832 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S432

    Shields: #672 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Shields #672, 50,832 people Shields: #672 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott Shields #672, 50,832 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shields is more common than 99.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 50,832 people named Shields in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 6,074 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 49,556.

    #672
    rank among US surnames
    50,832
    people in 2010
    17
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.6%
    change since 2000 (was #623)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #663Mathews51,5925,984
    #664Bonilla51,4755,998
    #665Acevedo51,3516,012
    #666Benitez51,2886,020
    #667Zavala51,1536,036
    #668Hensley51,0816,044
    #669Glenn51,0436,049

    Who is named Shields

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

    76% of people named Shields identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 76%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 19%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Shieldss

    18 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Willow Shields
      American actress, born 2000
    • Carol Shields
      American/Canadian author, 1935–2003
    • Claressa Shields
      American boxer, born 1995
    • Frank Shields
      American tennis player and actor (1909-1975)
    • Tom Shields
      American swimmer, born 1991
    • Lawrence Shields
      Athletics competitor (1895–1976)
    • Jake Shields
      American mixed martial artist (born 1979)
    • Aruna Shields
      British actress, born 1978
    • Ernest Shields
      American actor (1884-1944)
    • John K. Shields
      American politician (1858-1934)
    • James Shields
      Baseball player from the United States, born 1981
    • Savvy Shields
      American beauty pageant winner, born 1995

    Notable Shieldss come mostly from the United States (16) and the United Kingdom (2).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Sheils
    • Shiel

    Shields has the Soundex code S432, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S432.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Shields?
    50,832 people in the United States had the surname Shields in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 6,074 Americans. It ranked 672nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Shields?
    In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Shields identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Shields?
    Willow Shields, American actress, followed by Carol Shields.
    Where is the surname Shields most common?
    Wikidata records people named Shields in the United States and the United Kingdom.
    Is the surname Shields getting more or less common?
    More common. 49,556 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 50,832 in 2010, up 2.6%.
    What are other spellings of Shields?
    Sheils and Shiel.