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    The surname Shipley

    An English place surname, carried by 19,563 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈʃɪpli/ 2 syllables Soundex S140

    Shipley: #1,831 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Shipley #1,831, 19,563 people Shipley: #1,831 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Shipley #1,831, 19,563 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shipley is more common than 98.9% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From Old English scēap (“sheep”) + lēah (“meadow, field, pasture”), thus a field for grazing sheep; equivalent to sheep + -ley. Compare Gateley (literally “goat lea”).

    Shipley is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    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 19,563 people named Shipley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 15,782 Americans. That is up 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 18,770.

    #1,831
    rank among US surnames
    19,563
    people in 2010
    6.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.2%
    change since 2000 (was #1,748)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #1,822Marroquin19,66115,703
    #1,823Connors19,63715,723
    #1,824Trent19,63015,728
    #1,825Carmichael19,62815,730
    #1,826Toth19,60615,748
    #1,827Rushing19,60415,749
    #1,828Cody19,60015,752

    Who is named Shipley

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

    92% of people named Shipley identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Shipley

    Shipley has the Soundex code S140, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S140.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Shipley come from?
    From Old English scēap (“sheep”) + lēah (“meadow, field, pasture”), thus a field for grazing sheep; equivalent to sheep + -ley. Compare Gateley (literally “goat lea”).
    How common is the surname Shipley?
    19,563 people in the United States had the surname Shipley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 15,782 Americans. It ranked 1,831st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Shipley?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Shipley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
    How do you pronounce Shipley?
    Shipley is /ˈʃɪpli/, 2 syllables.
    What type of surname is Shipley?
    Shipley is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Shipley getting more or less common?
    More common. 18,770 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 19,563 in 2010, up 4.2%.