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    The surname Shuler

    A surname, carried by 11,315 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S460

    Shuler: #3,195 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Shuler #3,195, 11,315 people Shuler: #3,195 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Shuler #3,195, 11,315 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shuler is more common than 98% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 11,315 people named Shuler in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 27,286 Americans. That is up 4.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,844.

    #3,195
    rank among US surnames
    11,315
    people in 2010
    3.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.3%
    change since 2000 (was #3,063)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,186Brownlee11,34427,217
    #3,187Fultz11,34227,221
    #3,188Harlan11,33927,229
    #3,189Lindquist11,33727,233
    #3,190Gooden11,33527,238
    #3,191Whiteside11,33427,241
    #3,192Gardiner11,33127,248

    Who is named Shuler

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

    70% of people named Shuler identified as white (not Hispanic), 26% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 70%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 26%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Shulers

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Lauren Shuler Donner
      American film producer, born 1949
    • Heath Shuler
      American football player and politician, born 1971
    • Jamal Shuler
      American basketball player (born 1986)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Shuler

    Shuler has the Soundex code S460, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S460.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Shuler?
    11,315 people in the United States had the surname Shuler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 27,286 Americans. It ranked 3,195th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Shuler?
    In the 2010 Census, 70% of people named Shuler identified as white (not Hispanic), and 26% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Shuler?
    Lauren Shuler Donner, American film producer, followed by Heath Shuler.
    Where is the surname Shuler most common?
    Wikidata records people named Shuler in the United States.
    Is the surname Shuler getting more or less common?
    More common. 10,844 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,315 in 2010, up 4.3%.