# Shore (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/shore/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A topographic surname from Middle English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 10,130 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,523 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 30,478 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.1% (10,120 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an English surname, from the noun shore. * As a Jewish surname, spelling variant of Schorr, Szor, Schauer.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Shore in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Shore in the United States.

## People named Shore

- Dinah Shore, American singer and actress (1916-1994)
- Pauly Shore, American comedian and actor
- Marci Shore, American historian
- Stephen Shore, American photographer (born 1947)
- Nick Shore, American ice hockey player
- Mitzi Shore, American comedy club owner
- Drew Shore, American ice hockey player

## Similar surnames

Shirey, Sher, Shorey, Shire, Shier, Share, Schorr, Schor, Sawyer, Sierra, Sauer, Soria.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.