How common is the surname Shuck?

4,078 people in the United States had the surname Shuck in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 75,710 Americans. It ranked 8,130th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Shuck?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Shuck identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Shuck?

John Schuck, American actor (b. 1940).

Where is the surname Shuck most common?

Wikidata records people named Shuck in the United States.

Is the surname Shuck getting more or less common?

More common. 4,061 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,078 in 2010, up 0.4%.

The surname Shuck

A surname, carried by 4,078 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shuck is more common than 95% of them.

Origin

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

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,078 people named Shuck in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 75,710 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 4,061.

#8,130

rank among US surnames

4,078

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+0.4%

change since 2000 (was #7,554)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,126	Gamache	4,082	75,636
#8,127	Crew	4,081	75,654
#8,128	Anson	4,079	75,691
#8,130	Shuck	4,078	75,710
#8,131	Armentrout	4,077	75,729

Who is named Shuck

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

94% of people named Shuck identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Shucks

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

John Schuck
American actor (b. 1940)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Shuck

Shuck has the Soundex code S200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S200.

Questions

Where does the surname Shuck come from?: * As an English surname, from Old English scucca (“evil spirit”). * As a German andJewish surname, Americanized from Schuck.
How common is the surname Shuck?: 4,078 people in the United States had the surname Shuck in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 75,710 Americans. It ranked 8,130th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Shuck?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Shuck identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Shuck?: John Schuck, American actor (b. 1940).
Where is the surname Shuck most common?: Wikidata records people named Shuck in the United States.
Is the surname Shuck getting more or less common?: More common. 4,061 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,078 in 2010, up 0.4%.