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    The surname Shires

    A surname, carried by 2,056 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S620

    Shires: #14,507 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Shires #14,507, 2,056 people Shires: #14,507 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Shires #14,507, 2,056 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shires is more common than 91.1% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,056 people named Shires in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 150,168 Americans. That is up 7.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,922.

    #14,507
    rank among US surnames
    2,056
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7%
    change since 2000 (was #14,292)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,505Gendreau2,057150,095
    #14,507Snedeker2,056150,168
    #14,511Simas2,055150,241

    Who is named Shires

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

    94% of people named Shires identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Shiress

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Amanda Shires
      American singer-songwriter, born 1982

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Shires

    Shires has the Soundex code S620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S620.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Shires?
    2,056 people in the United States had the surname Shires in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 150,168 Americans. It ranked 14,507th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Shires?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Shires identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Shires?
    Amanda Shires, American singer-songwriter.
    Where is the surname Shires most common?
    Wikidata records people named Shires in the United States.
    Is the surname Shires getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,922 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,056 in 2010, up 7.0%.