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    The surname Shier

    A surname, carried by 1,327 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S600

    Shier: #20,125 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Shier #20,125, 1,327 people Shier: #20,125 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Shier #20,125, 1,327 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shier is more common than 87.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,327 people named Shier in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 232,664 Americans. That is up 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,274.

    #20,125
    rank among US surnames
    1,327
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.2%
    change since 2000 (was #19,587)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #20,116Degenhardt1,328232,489
    #20,125Epting1,327232,664

    Who is named Shier

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

    92% of people named Shier identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.9%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Shier

    Shier has the Soundex code S600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S600.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Shier?
    1,327 people in the United States had the surname Shier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 232,664 Americans. It ranked 20,125th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Shier?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Shier identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Shier getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,274 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,327 in 2010, up 4.2%.