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    The surname Shortell

    An Irish surname, carried by 660 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S634

    Shortell: #34,353 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Shortell #34,353, 660 people Shortell: #34,353 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Shortell #34,353, 660 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shortell is more common than 78.8% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Re-Anglicized form of Irish Seartal, Soirtéil, which are from the English surname Shorthals.

    One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 660 people named Shortell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 467,796 Americans. That is up 4.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 629.

    #34,353
    rank among US surnames
    660
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.9%
    change since 2000 (was #34,114)

    Who is named Shortell

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

    97% of people named Shortell identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Hispanic, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Shortell

    Shortell has the Soundex code S634, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S634.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Shortell come from?
    Re-Anglicized form of Irish Seartal, Soirtéil, which are from the English surname Shorthals.
    How common is the surname Shortell?
    660 people in the United States had the surname Shortell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 467,796 Americans. It ranked 34,353rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Shortell?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Shortell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Shortell getting more or less common?
    More common. 629 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 660 in 2010, up 4.9%.