How common is the surname Shorey?

2,083 people in the United States had the surname Shorey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 148,222 Americans. It ranked 14,358th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Shorey getting more or less common?

More common. 2,015 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,083 in 2010, up 3.4%.

The surname Shorey

A surname, carried by 2,083 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shorey is more common than 91.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,083 people named Shorey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 148,222 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,015.

#14,358

rank among US surnames

2,083

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+3.4%

change since 2000 (was #13,780)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,349	Moir	2,085	148,079
#14,356	Maida	2,084	148,150
#14,358	Spatz	2,083	148,222
#14,363	Heinrichs	2,082	148,293

Who is named Shorey

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

87% of people named Shorey identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 87%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 3.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Shorey

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

Questions

How common is the surname Shorey?: 2,083 people in the United States had the surname Shorey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 148,222 Americans. It ranked 14,358th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Shorey?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Shorey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Shorey getting more or less common?: More common. 2,015 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,083 in 2010, up 3.4%.