How common is the surname Shiver?

4,238 people in the United States had the surname Shiver in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 72,852 Americans. It ranked 7,812th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Shiver getting more or less common?

Less common. 4,256 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,238 in 2010, down 0.4%.

The surname Shiver

A surname, carried by 4,238 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S160

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shiver is more common than 95.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,238 people named Shiver in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 72,852 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 4,256.

#7,812

rank among US surnames

4,238

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

-0.4%

change since 2000 (was #7,231)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,803	Mullaney	4,241	72,800
#7,807	Thies	4,240	72,817
#7,810	Shope	4,239	72,835
#7,812	Whitacre	4,238	72,852
#7,815	Danko	4,237	72,869
#7,816	Huertas	4,235	72,903
#7,819	Shouse	4,234	72,921

Who is named Shiver

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

84% of people named Shiver identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 84%
Black (not Hispanic) 13%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Shiver

Shiver has the Soundex code S160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S160.

Questions

How common is the surname Shiver?: 4,238 people in the United States had the surname Shiver in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 72,852 Americans. It ranked 7,812th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Shiver?: In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Shiver identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Shiver getting more or less common?: Less common. 4,256 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,238 in 2010, down 0.4%.