How common is the surname Shore?

10,130 people in the United States had the surname Shore in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,478 Americans. It ranked 3,523rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Shore?

Dinah Shore, American singer and actress (1916-1994), followed by Pauly Shore.

Where is the surname Shore most common?

Wikidata records people named Shore in the United States.

Is the surname Shore getting more or less common?

More common. 10,120 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,130 in 2010, up 0.1%.

The surname Shore

A place surname, carried by 10,130 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shore is more common than 97.8% of them.

Origin

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

Shore is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 10,130 people named Shore in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 30,478 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 10,120.

#3,523

rank among US surnames

10,130

people in 2010

3.4

per 100,000 Americans

+0.1%

change since 2000 (was #3,243)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,514	Mendes	10,162	30,382
#3,515	Weiler	10,160	30,388
#3,516	Lindberg	10,149	30,421
#3,517	Valdovinos	10,147	30,427
#3,518	Colwell	10,140	30,448
#3,521	Culpepper	10,135	30,463
#3,522	Broome	10,133	30,469

Who is named Shore

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

93% of people named Shore identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Shores

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Dinah Shore
American singer and actress (1916-1994)
Pauly Shore
American comedian and actor, born 1968
Marci Shore
American historian, born 1972
Stephen Shore
American photographer (born 1947)
Nick Shore
American ice hockey player, born 1992
Mitzi Shore
American comedy club owner, 1930–2018
Drew Shore
American ice hockey player, born 1991

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Shore

Shore has the Soundex code S600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S600.

Questions

Where does the surname Shore come from?: * As an English surname, from the noun shore. * As a Jewish surname, spelling variant of Schorr, Szor, Schauer.
How common is the surname Shore?: 10,130 people in the United States had the surname Shore in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,478 Americans. It ranked 3,523rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Shore?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Shore identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Shore?: Dinah Shore, American singer and actress (1916-1994), followed by Pauly Shore.
Where is the surname Shore most common?: Wikidata records people named Shore in the United States.
What type of surname is Shore?: Shore is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Shore getting more or less common?: More common. 10,120 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,130 in 2010, up 0.1%.