How common is the surname Shimek?

1,258 people in the United States had the surname Shimek in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 245,426 Americans. It ranked 20,937th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Shimek?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Shimek identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Shimek getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,400 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,258 in 2010, down 10%.

The surname Shimek

A surname, carried by 1,258 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shimek is more common than 87.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,258 people named Shimek in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 245,426 Americans. That is down 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,400.

#20,937

rank among US surnames

1,258

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-10.1%

change since 2000 (was #18,278)

Who is named Shimek

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

97% of people named Shimek identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Shimek

Shimek has the Soundex code S520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S520.

Questions

How common is the surname Shimek?: 1,258 people in the United States had the surname Shimek in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 245,426 Americans. It ranked 20,937th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Shimek?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Shimek identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Shimek getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,400 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,258 in 2010, down 10%.