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    The surname Shingler

    An English surname, carried by 1,156 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S524

    Shingler: #22,301 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Shingler #22,301, 1,156 people Shingler: #22,301 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Shingler #22,301, 1,156 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shingler is more common than 86.3% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From Middle English shingler (“roof tiler”). Doublet of Schindler.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,156 people named Shingler in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 267,081 Americans. That is up 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,149.

    #22,301
    rank among US surnames
    1,156
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.6%
    change since 2000 (was #21,265)

    Who is named Shingler

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

    85% of people named Shingler identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 85%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 11%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    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

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    Surnames that sound like Shingler

    Shingler has the Soundex code S524, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S524.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Shingler come from?
    From Middle English shingler (“roof tiler”). Doublet of Schindler.
    How common is the surname Shingler?
    1,156 people in the United States had the surname Shingler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 267,081 Americans. It ranked 22,301st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Shingler?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Shingler identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Shingler getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,149 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,156 in 2010, up 0.6%.