How common is the surname Shimko?

1,388 people in the United States had the surname Shimko in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 222,439 Americans. It ranked 19,469th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Shimko?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Shimko identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Shimko getting more or less common?

More common. 1,287 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,388 in 2010, up 7.8%.

The surname Shimko

A surname, carried by 1,388 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). Shimko is more common than 88% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,388 people named Shimko in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 222,439 Americans. That is up 7.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,287.

#19,469

rank among US surnames

1,388

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+7.8%

change since 2000 (was #19,436)

Who is named Shimko

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

96% of people named Shimko identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

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 Shimko

Shimko 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 Shimko?: 1,388 people in the United States had the surname Shimko in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 222,439 Americans. It ranked 19,469th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Shimko?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Shimko identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Shimko getting more or less common?: More common. 1,287 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,388 in 2010, up 7.8%.