How common is the surname Shonk?

1,209 people in the United States had the surname Shonk in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 255,373 Americans. It ranked 21,583rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Shonk?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Shonk identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Shonk getting more or less common?

More common. 1,164 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,209 in 2010, up 3.9%.

The surname Shonk

A surname, carried by 1,209 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shonk is more common than 86.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,209 people named Shonk in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 255,373 Americans. That is up 3.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,164.

#21,583

rank among US surnames

1,209

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+3.9%

change since 2000 (was #21,039)

Who is named Shonk

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

96% of people named Shonk identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Shonk

Shonk 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 Shonk?: 1,209 people in the United States had the surname Shonk in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 255,373 Americans. It ranked 21,583rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Shonk?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Shonk identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Shonk getting more or less common?: More common. 1,164 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,209 in 2010, up 3.9%.