How common is the surname Shively?

7,000 people in the United States had the surname Shively in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 44,107 Americans. It ranked 5,018th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Shively?

Matt Shively, American actor, followed by Benjamin F. Shively.

Where is the surname Shively most common?

Wikidata records people named Shively in the United States.

Is the surname Shively getting more or less common?

Less common. 7,017 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,000 in 2010, down 0.2%.

The surname Shively

A German surname, carried by 7,000 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S140

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shively is more common than 96.9% of them.

Origin

German origin

Americanized spelling of Swiss German Schäublin or Scheublin.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,000 people named Shively in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 44,107 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 7,017.

#5,018

rank among US surnames

7,000

people in 2010

2.4

per 100,000 Americans

-0.2%

change since 2000 (was #4,620)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,009	Carrasquillo	7,015	44,012
#5,010	Varghese	7,013	44,025
#5,011	McBee	7,011	44,037
#5,012	Fried	7,010	44,044
#5,013	Macon	7,008	44,056
#5,014	Durden	7,007	44,062
#5,015	Ostrowski	7,005	44,075

Who is named Shively

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

94% of people named Shively identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Shivelys

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Matt Shively
American actor, born 1990
Benjamin F. Shively
American politician (1857-1916)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Shiveley

Surnames that sound like Shively

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

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Shively come from?: Americanized spelling of Swiss German Schäublin or Scheublin.
How common is the surname Shively?: 7,000 people in the United States had the surname Shively in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 44,107 Americans. It ranked 5,018th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Shively?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Shively identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Shively?: Matt Shively, American actor, followed by Benjamin F. Shively.
Where is the surname Shively most common?: Wikidata records people named Shively in the United States.
Is the surname Shively getting more or less common?: Less common. 7,017 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,000 in 2010, down 0.2%.
What are other spellings of Shively?: Shiveley.