How common is the surname Shufelt?

1,214 people in the United States had the surname Shufelt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 254,321 Americans. It ranked 21,509th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Shufelt getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,242 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,214 in 2010, down 2.3%.

The surname Shufelt

A surname, carried by 1,214 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S143

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shufelt is more common than 86.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,214 people named Shufelt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 254,321 Americans. That is down 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,242.

#21,509

rank among US surnames

1,214

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-2.3%

change since 2000 (was #19,991)

Who is named Shufelt

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

97% of people named Shufelt identified as white (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Shufelt

Shufelt has the Soundex code S143, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S143.

Questions

How common is the surname Shufelt?: 1,214 people in the United States had the surname Shufelt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 254,321 Americans. It ranked 21,509th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Shufelt?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Shufelt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 0.9% as two or more races.
Is the surname Shufelt getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,242 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,214 in 2010, down 2.3%.