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    The surname Shook

    A surname, carried by 16,070 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S200

    Shook: #2,262 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Shook #2,262, 16,070 people Shook: #2,262 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Shook #2,262, 16,070 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shook is more common than 98.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 16,070 people named Shook in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 19,213 Americans. That is down 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 16,202.

    #2,262
    rank among US surnames
    16,070
    people in 2010
    5.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    -0.8%
    change since 2000 (was #2,050)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,253Brannon16,13619,134
    #2,254Cazares16,13419,136
    #2,255Brenner16,11419,160
    #2,256Ladd16,11219,162
    #2,257Willoughby16,11119,164
    #2,258Kinsey16,10219,174
    #2,259Dozier16,09119,187

    Who is named Shook

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

    95% of people named Shook identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Shooks

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Kylee Shook
      American basketball player (born 1998)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Shook

    Shook has the Soundex code S200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S200.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Shook?
    16,070 people in the United States had the surname Shook in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 19,213 Americans. It ranked 2,262nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Shook?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Shook identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Shook?
    Kylee Shook, American basketball player (born 1998).
    Where is the surname Shook most common?
    Wikidata records people named Shook in the United States.
    Is the surname Shook getting more or less common?
    Less common. 16,202 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,070 in 2010, down 0.8%.