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    The surname Shockley

    An English place surname, carried by 12,504 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S240

    Shockley: #2,877 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Shockley #2,877, 12,504 people Shockley: #2,877 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Shockley #2,877, 12,504 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shockley is more common than 98.2% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    Probably a habitational surname from the village of Shocklach, in Cheshire, from Old English sċucca (“goblin, evil spirit, demon”) + læcc (“boggy stream”).

    Shockley is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 12,504 people named Shockley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 24,692 Americans. That is up 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,413.

    #2,877
    rank among US surnames
    12,504
    people in 2010
    4.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.7%
    change since 2000 (was #2,675)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,868Guinn12,57724,548
    #2,869Will12,57524,552
    #2,870Muse12,57124,560
    #2,871Clancy12,55624,589
    #2,872Caraballo12,54624,609
    #2,873Baugh12,54324,615
    #2,874Crawley12,52324,654

    Who is named Shockley

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

    83% of people named Shockley identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 83%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 12%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Shockley come from?
    Probably a habitational surname from the village of Shocklach, in Cheshire, from Old English sċucca (“goblin, evil spirit, demon”) + læcc (“boggy stream”).
    How common is the surname Shockley?
    12,504 people in the United States had the surname Shockley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 24,692 Americans. It ranked 2,877th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Shockley?
    In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Shockley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Shockley?
    Shockley is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Shockley getting more or less common?
    More common. 12,413 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,504 in 2010, up 0.7%.