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    The surname Shivers

    A surname, carried by 6,939 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S162

    Shivers: #5,052 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Shivers #5,052, 6,939 people Shivers: #5,052 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Shivers #5,052, 6,939 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shivers is more common than 96.9% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,939 people named Shivers in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 44,494 Americans. That is up 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,658.

    #5,052
    rank among US surnames
    6,939
    people in 2010
    2.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.2%
    change since 2000 (was #4,836)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,043Heffernan6,96144,354
    #5,045Real6,95944,366
    #5,046Yeh6,95844,373
    #5,047Beeson6,95244,411
    #5,048Beardsley6,95044,424
    #5,049Woolsey6,94944,430
    #5,050Apple6,94844,437

    Who is named Shivers

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

    50% of people named Shivers identified as white (not Hispanic), 45% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 50%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 45%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Shivers

    Shivers has the Soundex code S162, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S162.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Shivers?
    6,939 people in the United States had the surname Shivers in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 44,494 Americans. It ranked 5,052nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Shivers?
    In the 2010 Census, 50% of people named Shivers identified as white (not Hispanic), and 45% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Shivers getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,658 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,939 in 2010, up 4.2%.