How common is the surname Shifflet?

1,004 people in the United States had the surname Shifflet in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 307,515 Americans. It ranked 24,802nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Shifflet?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Shifflet identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Shifflet getting more or less common?

More common. 920 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,004 in 2010, up 9.1%.

The surname Shifflet

A surname, carried by 1,004 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S143

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shifflet is more common than 84.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,004 people named Shifflet in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 307,515 Americans. That is up 9.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 920.

#24,802

rank among US surnames

1,004

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+9.1%

change since 2000 (was #25,272)

Who is named Shifflet

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

96% of people named Shifflet identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
Two or more races 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Shifflet

Shifflet has the Soundex code S143, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S143.

Questions

How common is the surname Shifflet?: 1,004 people in the United States had the surname Shifflet in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 307,515 Americans. It ranked 24,802nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Shifflet?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Shifflet identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Shifflet getting more or less common?: More common. 920 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,004 in 2010, up 9.1%.