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    The surname Sholar

    A surname, carried by 1,664 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S460

    Sholar: #17,063 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Sholar #17,063, 1,664 people Sholar: #17,063 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Sholar #17,063, 1,664 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sholar is more common than 89.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,664 people named Sholar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 185,544 Americans. That is up 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,633.

    #17,063
    rank among US surnames
    1,664
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.9%
    change since 2000 (was #16,260)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,056Stem1,665185,433
    #17,063Lasko1,664185,544
    #17,072Flinchum1,663185,656

    Who is named Sholar

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

    78% of people named Sholar identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 78%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 17%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Sholar

    Sholar has the Soundex code S460, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S460.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Sholar?
    1,664 people in the United States had the surname Sholar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 185,544 Americans. It ranked 17,063rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Sholar?
    In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Sholar identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Sholar getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,633 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,664 in 2010, up 1.9%.