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    The surname Shoemake

    A surname, carried by 4,205 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S520

    Shoemake: #7,870 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Shoemake #7,870, 4,205 people Shoemake: #7,870 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Shoemake #7,870, 4,205 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shoemake is more common than 95.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,205 people named Shoemake in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 73,423 Americans. That is up 6.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,938.

    #7,870
    rank among US surnames
    4,205
    people in 2010
    1.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.8%
    change since 2000 (was #7,779)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,863Moller4,20973,354
    #7,866Plourde4,20873,371
    #7,868McCourt4,20673,406
    #7,870Shoemake4,20573,423
    #7,873Crank4,20473,441
    #7,874Pendley4,20373,458
    #7,875Horgan4,20273,476

    Who is named Shoemake

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

    87% of people named Shoemake identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.0% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

    • White (not Hispanic) 87%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 4.0%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Shoemake

    Shoemake has the Soundex code S520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S520.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Shoemake?
    4,205 people in the United States had the surname Shoemake in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 73,423 Americans. It ranked 7,870th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Shoemake?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Shoemake identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Shoemake getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,938 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,205 in 2010, up 6.8%.