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    The surname Shue

    A surname, carried by 3,155 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S000

    Shue: #10,215 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Shue #10,215, 3,155 people Shue: #10,215 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Shue #10,215, 3,155 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shue is more common than 93.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,155 people named Shue in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 97,859 Americans. That is up 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,091.

    #10,215
    rank among US surnames
    3,155
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.1%
    change since 2000 (was #9,648)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,211Broadus3,15697,828
    #10,215Shue3,15597,859
    #10,219Greeson3,15497,890
    #10,224Michelson3,15397,921

    Who is named Shue

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

    87% of people named Shue identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 87%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 9.5%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Shues

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Elisabeth Shue
      American actress, born 1963
    • Andrew Shue
      American actor, soccer player, born 1967
    • Gene Shue
      American basketball player and coach (1931–2022)
    • Larry Shue
      American playwright (1946-1985)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Shue

    Shue has the Soundex code S000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S000.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Shue?
    3,155 people in the United States had the surname Shue in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 97,859 Americans. It ranked 10,215th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Shue?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Shue identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Who is the most famous person named Shue?
    Elisabeth Shue, American actress, followed by Andrew Shue.
    Where is the surname Shue most common?
    Wikidata records people named Shue in the United States.
    Is the surname Shue getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,091 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,155 in 2010, up 2.1%.