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    The surname Shine

    A surname, carried by 6,217 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S500

    Shine: #5,595 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Shine #5,595, 6,217 people Shine: #5,595 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Shine #5,595, 6,217 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shine is more common than 96.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,217 people named Shine in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 49,661 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,083.

    #5,595
    rank among US surnames
    6,217
    people in 2010
    2.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.2%
    change since 2000 (was #5,263)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,589Bruton6,22149,630
    #5,591Brake6,22049,638
    #5,594Ignacio6,21949,646
    #5,595Shine6,21749,661
    #5,596Click6,21649,669
    #5,598Harbison6,21549,677

    Who is named Shine

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

    59% of people named Shine identified as white (not Hispanic), 34% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 59%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 34%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Shines

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Michael Shine
      American hurdler, born 1953

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Shine

    Shine has the Soundex code S500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S500.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Shine?
    6,217 people in the United States had the surname Shine in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 49,661 Americans. It ranked 5,595th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Shine?
    In the 2010 Census, 59% of people named Shine identified as white (not Hispanic), and 34% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Shine?
    Michael Shine, American hurdler.
    Where is the surname Shine most common?
    Wikidata records people named Shine in the United States.
    Is the surname Shine getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,083 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,217 in 2010, up 2.2%.