How common is the surname Shih?

4,935 people in the United States had the surname Shih in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,562 Americans. It ranked 6,833rd of 162,253 surnames.

How do you pronounce Shih?

Shih is /ˌʌnˈʃiː/, one syllable.

Is the surname Shih getting more or less common?

More common. 4,113 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,935 in 2010, up 20%.

The surname Shih

A Chinese surname, carried by 4,935 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˌʌnˈʃiː/ 1 syllable Soundex S000

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shih is more common than 95.8% of them.

Origin

Chinese origin

From Wade–Giles Romanization of Mandarin 石 (shí), 史 (shǐ), 師／师 (shī), 時／时 (shí), 士 (shì), 釋／释 (shì), and 施 (shī). Doublet of Thach.

One of 193 Chinese surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,935 people named Shih in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 62,562 Americans. That is up 20% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,113.

#6,833

rank among US surnames

4,935

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+20%

change since 2000 (was #7,464)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,828	Thrower	4,938	62,524
#6,829	Ahumada	4,937	62,537
#6,831	Aikens	4,936	62,550
#6,833	Shih	4,935	62,562
#6,835	Fleury	4,934	62,575

Who is named Shih

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

94% of people named Shih identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 3.2% as two or more races and 2.1% as white (not Hispanic).

Asian and Pacific Islander 94%
Two or more races 3.2%
White (not Hispanic) 2.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.3%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Surnames that sound like Shih

Shih has the Soundex code S000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S000.

Other Chinese surnames

All 193 Chinese surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Shih come from?: From Wade–Giles Romanization of Mandarin 石 (shí), 史 (shǐ), 師／师 (shī), 時／时 (shí), 士 (shì), 釋／释 (shì), and 施 (shī). Doublet of Thach.
How common is the surname Shih?: 4,935 people in the United States had the surname Shih in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,562 Americans. It ranked 6,833rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Shih?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Shih identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 3.2% as two or more races.
How do you pronounce Shih?: Shih is /ˌʌnˈʃiː/, one syllable.
Is the surname Shih getting more or less common?: More common. 4,113 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,935 in 2010, up 20%.
What are other spellings of Shih?: Shi.