The surname Shimp
A surname, carried by 1,830 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex S510
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,830 people named Shimp in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 168,713 Americans. That is up 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,753.
#15,889
rank among US surnames
1,830
people in 2010
0.6
per 100,000 Americans
+4.4%
change since 2000 (was #15,369)
| Rank | Surname | People | 1 in |
|---|---|---|---|
| #15,883 | Greenblatt | 1,831 | 168,621 |
| #15,889 | Liebman | 1,830 | 168,713 |
| #15,898 | Risser | 1,829 | 168,806 |
Who is named Shimp
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
96% of people named Shimp identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as two or more races and 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 96%
- Two or more races 1.5%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Shimp
Shimp has the Soundex code S510, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S510.
Questions
- How common is the surname Shimp?
- 1,830 people in the United States had the surname Shimp in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 168,713 Americans. It ranked 15,889th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Shimp?
- In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Shimp identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as two or more races.
- Is the surname Shimp getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,753 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,830 in 2010, up 4.4%.