How common is the surname Shilling?

4,738 people in the United States had the surname Shilling in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 65,164 Americans. It ranked 7,066th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Shilling?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Shilling identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Shilling?

Beatrice Shilling, British aeronautical engineer, followed by Marion Shilling.

Where is the surname Shilling most common?

Wikidata records people named Shilling in the United Kingdom and the United States.

Is the surname Shilling getting more or less common?

More common. 4,522 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,738 in 2010, up 4.8%.

The surname Shilling

A surname, carried by 4,738 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S452

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shilling is more common than 95.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,738 people named Shilling in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 65,164 Americans. That is up 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,522.

#7,066

rank among US surnames

4,738

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+4.8%

change since 2000 (was #6,854)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,059	Maze	4,742	65,109
#7,060	Edgerton	4,740	65,136
#7,061	Wittman	4,739	65,150
#7,066	Shilling	4,738	65,164
#7,068	Millen	4,737	65,177
#7,069	Voelker	4,735	65,205

Who is named Shilling

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

93% of people named Shilling identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Shillings

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Beatrice Shilling
British aeronautical engineer, 1909–1990
Marion Shilling
American actress (1910-2004)

Notable Shillings come mostly from the United Kingdom (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Shilling

Shilling has the Soundex code S452, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S452.

Questions

How common is the surname Shilling?: 4,738 people in the United States had the surname Shilling in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 65,164 Americans. It ranked 7,066th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Shilling?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Shilling identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Shilling?: Beatrice Shilling, British aeronautical engineer, followed by Marion Shilling.
Where is the surname Shilling most common?: Wikidata records people named Shilling in the United Kingdom and the United States.
Is the surname Shilling getting more or less common?: More common. 4,522 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,738 in 2010, up 4.8%.