How common is the surname Short?

57,477 people in the United States had the surname Short in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 5,372 Americans. It ranked 581st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Short?

Jake Short, American teen actor, followed by Columbus Short.

Where is the surname Short most common?

Wikidata records people named Short in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Short getting more or less common?

More common. 55,903 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 57,477 in 2010, up 2.8%.

The surname Short

A surname, carried by 57,477 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S630

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Short is more common than 99.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 57,477 people named Short in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 5,372 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 55,903.

#581

rank among US surnames

57,477

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+2.8%

change since 2000 (was #536)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#572	Briggs	58,408	5,286
#573	Shah	58,287	5,297
#574	Roth	58,278	5,298
#575	Nicholson	58,151	5,309
#576	Holloway	58,040	5,320
#577	Lozano	57,779	5,344
#578	Rangel	57,549	5,365

Who is named Short

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

84% of people named Short identified as white (not Hispanic), 10% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 84%
Black (not Hispanic) 10%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Shorts

12 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jake Short
American teen actor, born 1997
Columbus Short
American choreographer, born 1982
Gertrude Short
Actress (1902-1968)
Bobby Short
American singer and pianist (1924–2005)
Samuel Short
Australian swimmer, born 2003
Dorothy Short
American actress (1915-1963)
Gene Short
American basketball player (1953-2016)
Purvis Short
American basketball player (born 1957)
William Short
1759–1849 Thomas Jefferson's private secretary when he was ambassador in Paris, from 1786
Black Dahlia
American murder victim (1924-1947)
Annie Ross
British-American actress, singer and vocalist, 1930–2020
Casey Krueger
American soccer player, born 1990

Notable Shorts come mostly from the United States (10), Australia (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Short

Short has the Soundex code S630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S630.

Questions

How common is the surname Short?: 57,477 people in the United States had the surname Short in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 5,372 Americans. It ranked 581st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Short?: In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Short identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Short?: Jake Short, American teen actor, followed by Columbus Short.
Where is the surname Short most common?: Wikidata records people named Short in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Short getting more or less common?: More common. 55,903 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 57,477 in 2010, up 2.8%.