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    The surname Shorts

    A surname, carried by 2,514 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S632

    Shorts: #12,370 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Shorts #12,370, 2,514 people Shorts: #12,370 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Shorts #12,370, 2,514 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shorts is more common than 92.4% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,514 people named Shorts in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 122,810 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,443.

    #12,370
    rank among US surnames
    2,514
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.9%
    change since 2000 (was #11,745)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,362Bart2,515122,762
    #12,370Mikel2,514122,810
    #12,378Richer2,513122,859

    Who is named Shorts

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

    55% of people named Shorts identified as Black (not Hispanic), 40% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 55%
    • White (not Hispanic) 40%
    • Two or more races 2.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Shorts

    Shorts has the Soundex code S632, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S632.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Shorts?
    2,514 people in the United States had the surname Shorts in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 122,810 Americans. It ranked 12,370th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Shorts?
    In the 2010 Census, 55% of people named Shorts identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 40% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Shorts getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,443 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,514 in 2010, up 2.9%.