The surname Shorty
A surname, carried by 1,404 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex S630
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,404 people named Shorty in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 219,904 Americans. That is up 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,354.
Who is named Shorty
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
64% of people named Shorty identified as American Indian and Alaska Native, 29% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.0% as white (not Hispanic).
- American Indian and Alaska Native 64%
- Black (not Hispanic) 29%
- White (not Hispanic) 4.0%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
- Two or more races 1.2%
Compare: most common surnames among American Indian and Alaska Native people.
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Shorty 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 Shorty?
- 1,404 people in the United States had the surname Shorty in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 219,904 Americans. It ranked 19,291st of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Shorty?
- In the 2010 Census, 64% of people named Shorty identified as American Indian and Alaska Native, and 29% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Shorty getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,354 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,404 in 2010, up 3.7%.