How common is the surname Shriver?

5,942 people in the United States had the surname Shriver in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 51,960 Americans. It ranked 5,817th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Shriver?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Shriver identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Shriver?

Pam Shriver, American tennis player, followed by Eunice Kennedy Shriver.

Where is the surname Shriver most common?

Wikidata records people named Shriver in the United States.

Is the surname Shriver getting more or less common?

More common. 5,798 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,942 in 2010, up 2.5%.

The surname Shriver

A surname, carried by 5,942 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S616

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shriver is more common than 96.4% of them.

Origin

An anglicization of German Schreiber, originally designating a clerk or a writer.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,942 people named Shriver in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 51,960 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,798.

#5,817

rank among US surnames

5,942

people in 2010

2.0

per 100,000 Americans

+2.5%

change since 2000 (was #5,511)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,809	Bard	5,953	51,864
#5,810	Federico	5,951	51,881
#5,811	Peraza	5,949	51,899
#5,812	Radcliffe	5,948	51,907
#5,813	Jacks	5,946	51,925
#5,815	Eberle	5,944	51,942
#5,816	Buie	5,943	51,951

Who is named Shriver

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

95% of people named Shriver identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Shrivers

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Pam Shriver
American tennis player, born 1962
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
American philanthropist; founder of the Special Olympics; sister of John F. Kennedy (1921–
Sargent Shriver
American diplomat, politician and activist (1915–2011)
Loren Shriver
American astronaut, born 1944
Lionel Shriver
American writer, born 1957
Bobby Shriver
American activist and attorney, born 1954

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Shriver

Shriver has the Soundex code S616, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S616.

Questions

Where does the surname Shriver come from?: An anglicization of German Schreiber, originally designating a clerk or a writer.
How common is the surname Shriver?: 5,942 people in the United States had the surname Shriver in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 51,960 Americans. It ranked 5,817th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Shriver?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Shriver identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Shriver?: Pam Shriver, American tennis player, followed by Eunice Kennedy Shriver.
Where is the surname Shriver most common?: Wikidata records people named Shriver in the United States.
Is the surname Shriver getting more or less common?: More common. 5,798 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,942 in 2010, up 2.5%.