# Shorter (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 8,675 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,092 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 35,590 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.8% (8,122 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Shorter 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) | 36% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 58% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 3.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Shorter in the United States.

## People named Shorter

- Wayne Shorter, American jazz saxophonist and composer (1933–2023)
- Frank Shorter, American long-distance runner
- John Gill Shorter, American politician (1818-1872)

## Similar surnames

Shrader, Schroder, Shortridge, Schroeter, Schroeder, Schrader, Sartor, Sartori, Sridhar.

## 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.