How common is the surname Shinn?

8,038 people in the United States had the surname Shinn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 38,411 Americans. It ranked 4,424th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Shinn?

In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Shinn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Who is the most famous person named Shinn?

Florence Scovel Shinn, American writer, artist and book illustrator (1871–1940), followed by Everett Shinn.

Where is the surname Shinn most common?

Wikidata records people named Shinn in the United States.

Is the surname Shinn getting more or less common?

More common. 8,019 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,038 in 2010, up 0.2%.

The surname Shinn

A surname, carried by 8,038 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shinn is more common than 97.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,038 people named Shinn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 38,411 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 8,019.

#4,424

rank among US surnames

8,038

people in 2010

2.7

per 100,000 Americans

+0.2%

change since 2000 (was #4,090)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,421	Castellon	8,041	38,396
#4,422	Dellinger	8,040	38,401
#4,423	Leo	8,039	38,406
#4,424	Shinn	8,038	38,411
#4,425	Bogan	8,034	38,430

Who is named Shinn

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

84% of people named Shinn identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 4.8% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 84%
Asian and Pacific Islander 6.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Shinns

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Florence Scovel Shinn
American writer, artist and book illustrator (1871–1940)
Everett Shinn
American artist (1876-1953)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Shinn

Shinn 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 Shinn?: 8,038 people in the United States had the surname Shinn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 38,411 Americans. It ranked 4,424th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Shinn?: In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Shinn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Shinn?: Florence Scovel Shinn, American writer, artist and book illustrator (1871–1940), followed by Everett Shinn.
Where is the surname Shinn most common?: Wikidata records people named Shinn in the United States.
Is the surname Shinn getting more or less common?: More common. 8,019 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,038 in 2010, up 0.2%.