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    The surname Shoffner

    A surname, carried by 2,910 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S156

    Shoffner: #10,942 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Shoffner #10,942, 2,910 people Shoffner: #10,942 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Shoffner #10,942, 2,910 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shoffner is more common than 93.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,910 people named Shoffner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 106,098 Americans. That is up 5.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,747.

    #10,942
    rank among US surnames
    2,910
    people in 2010
    1.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.9%
    change since 2000 (was #10,680)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,935Furey2,911106,062
    #10,942McKinnie2,910106,098
    #10,947Vecchio2,909106,135
    #10,950Stabler2,908106,171
    #10,951Jama2,907106,208

    Who is named Shoffner

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

    75% of people named Shoffner identified as white (not Hispanic), 20% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 75%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 20%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Shoffners

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • John Shoffner
      American fiber-optic entrepreneur, commercial spaceflight participant, born 1955

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Shoffner

    Shoffner has the Soundex code S156, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S156.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Shoffner?
    2,910 people in the United States had the surname Shoffner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 106,098 Americans. It ranked 10,942nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Shoffner?
    In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Shoffner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Shoffner?
    John Shoffner, American fiber-optic entrepreneur, commercial spaceflight participant.
    Where is the surname Shoffner most common?
    Wikidata records people named Shoffner in the United States.
    Is the surname Shoffner getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,747 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,910 in 2010, up 5.9%.