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The surname Shinault

A French surname, carried by 1,535 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S543

Shinault: #18,137 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Shinault #18,137, 1,535 people Shinault: #18,137 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Shinault #18,137, 1,535 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shinault is more common than 88.8% of them.

Origin

French origin

Americanized spelling of French Chenault.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,535 people named Shinault in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 201,137 Americans. That is up 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,465.

#18,137
rank among US surnames
1,535
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
+4.8%
change since 2000 (was #17,660)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#18,128Stenzel1,536201,006
#18,137Hulin1,535201,137
#18,144McGirt1,534201,268

Who is named Shinault

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

72% of people named Shinault identified as white (not Hispanic), 23% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 72%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 23%
  • Two or more races 2.8%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

  • Shinall

Shinault has the Soundex code S543, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S543.

Other French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Shinault come from?
Americanized spelling of French Chenault.
How common is the surname Shinault?
1,535 people in the United States had the surname Shinault in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 201,137 Americans. It ranked 18,137th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Shinault?
In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Shinault identified as white (not Hispanic), and 23% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Shinault getting more or less common?
More common. 1,465 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,535 in 2010, up 4.8%.
What are other spellings of Shinault?
Shinall.