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    The surname Shon

    A surname, carried by 913 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S500

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shon is more common than 83.6% of them.

    Origin

    As a Yiddish and German surname, spelling variant of Schoen. As a Korean surname, from 손 (son).

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 913 people named Shon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 338,166 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 799.

    #26,671
    rank among US surnames
    913
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +14.3%
    change since 2000 (was #28,194)

    Who is named Shon

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

    76% of people named Shon identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 17% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.7% as two or more races.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 76%
    • White (not Hispanic) 17%
    • Two or more races 4.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Shon

    Shon has the Soundex code S500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S500.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Shon come from?
    As a Yiddish and German surname, spelling variant of Schoen. As a Korean surname, from 손 (son).
    How common is the surname Shon?
    913 people in the United States had the surname Shon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 338,166 Americans. It ranked 26,671st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Shon?
    In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Shon identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 17% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Shon getting more or less common?
    More common. 799 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 913 in 2010, up 14%.