How common is the surname Shive?

1,674 people in the United States had the surname Shive in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 184,436 Americans. It ranked 16,975th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Shive?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Shive identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Who is the most famous person named Shive?

John N. Shive, American physicist.

Where is the surname Shive most common?

Wikidata records people named Shive in the United States.

Is the surname Shive getting more or less common?

More common. 1,661 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,674 in 2010, up 0.8%.

The surname Shive

A surname, carried by 1,674 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S100

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shive is more common than 89.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,674 people named Shive in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 184,436 Americans. That is up 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,661.

#16,975

rank among US surnames

1,674

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+0.8%

change since 2000 (was #16,035)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,968	Kintz	1,675	184,326
#16,975	Vanvliet	1,674	184,436
#16,984	Arita	1,673	184,546

Who is named Shive

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

93% of people named Shive identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
Two or more races 1.3%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Shives

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

John N. Shive
American physicist, 1913–1984

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Shive

Shive has the Soundex code S100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S100.

Questions

How common is the surname Shive?: 1,674 people in the United States had the surname Shive in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 184,436 Americans. It ranked 16,975th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Shive?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Shive identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Shive?: John N. Shive, American physicist.
Where is the surname Shive most common?: Wikidata records people named Shive in the United States.
Is the surname Shive getting more or less common?: More common. 1,661 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,674 in 2010, up 0.8%.