How common is the surname Shiner?

1,949 people in the United States had the surname Shiner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 158,412 Americans. It ranked 15,127th of 162,253 surnames.

Where is the surname Shiner most common?

Wikidata records people named Shiner in the United States.

Is the surname Shiner getting more or less common?

More common. 1,938 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,949 in 2010, up 0.6%.

The surname Shiner

A surname, carried by 1,949 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S560

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shiner is more common than 90.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,949 people named Shiner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 158,412 Americans. That is up 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,938.

#15,127

rank among US surnames

1,949

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+0.6%

change since 2000 (was #14,208)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,120	Fuhrmann	1,951	158,250
#15,124	Wipf	1,950	158,331
#15,127	Parman	1,949	158,412

Who is named Shiner

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

92% of people named Shiner identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.2%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Shiners

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Lewis Shiner
American writer, born 1950

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Shiner

Shiner has the Soundex code S560, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S560.

Questions

How common is the surname Shiner?: 1,949 people in the United States had the surname Shiner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 158,412 Americans. It ranked 15,127th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Shiner?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Shiner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Shiner?: Lewis Shiner, American writer.
Where is the surname Shiner most common?: Wikidata records people named Shiner in the United States.
Is the surname Shiner getting more or less common?: More common. 1,938 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,949 in 2010, up 0.6%.