How common is the surname Shireman?

1,231 people in the United States had the surname Shireman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 250,809 Americans. It ranked 21,288th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Shireman?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Shireman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Shireman getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,241 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,231 in 2010, down 0.8%.

The surname Shireman

A surname, carried by 1,231 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex S655

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shireman is more common than 86.9% of them.

Origin

Possibly from shire + -man.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,231 people named Shireman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 250,809 Americans. That is down 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,241.

#21,288

rank among US surnames

1,231

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-0.8%

change since 2000 (was #20,006)

Who is named Shireman

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

97% of people named Shireman identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
Two or more races 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

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 Shireman

Shireman has the Soundex code S655, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S655.

Questions

Where does the surname Shireman come from?: Possibly from shire + -man.
How common is the surname Shireman?: 1,231 people in the United States had the surname Shireman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 250,809 Americans. It ranked 21,288th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Shireman?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Shireman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Shireman getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,241 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,231 in 2010, down 0.8%.