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    The surname Shirey

    A surname, carried by 6,020 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S600

    Shirey: #5,757 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Shirey #5,757, 6,020 people Shirey: #5,757 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Shirey #5,757, 6,020 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shirey is more common than 96.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,020 people named Shirey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 51,287 Americans. That is up 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,829.

    #5,757
    rank among US surnames
    6,020
    people in 2010
    2.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.3%
    change since 2000 (was #5,487)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,751Almaguer6,02351,261
    #5,752Deckard6,02251,270
    #5,754Bixler6,02151,278
    #5,757Shirey6,02051,287

    Who is named Shirey

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

    96% of people named Shirey identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Shirey

    Shirey has the Soundex code S600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S600.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Shirey?
    6,020 people in the United States had the surname Shirey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 51,287 Americans. It ranked 5,757th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Shirey?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Shirey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Shirey getting more or less common?
    More common. 5,829 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,020 in 2010, up 3.3%.