# Shuck (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/shuck/  
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) | 4,078 |
| US rank (2010) | 8,130 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 75,710 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.4% (4,061 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an English surname, from Old English scucca (“evil spirit”). * As a German andJewish surname, Americanized from Schuck.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Shuck 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) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Shuck in the United States.

## People named Shuck

- John Schuck, American actor (b. 1940)

## Similar surnames

Shockey, Shock, Shick, Shack, Shek, Schuck, Suckow, Sosa, Souza, Skaggs, Shook, Sousa.

## 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.