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    The surname Shull

    A surname, carried by 9,565 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S400

    Shull: #3,710 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Shull #3,710, 9,565 people Shull: #3,710 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Shull #3,710, 9,565 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shull is more common than 97.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 9,565 people named Shull in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 32,279 Americans. That is up 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,310.

    #3,710
    rank among US surnames
    9,565
    people in 2010
    3.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.7%
    change since 2000 (was #3,510)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,701Bivens9,60332,151
    #3,702Frick9,59732,171
    #3,704Ong9,58432,215
    #3,705Madera9,58332,218
    #3,706Taveras9,58032,228
    #3,707Wei9,57832,235
    #3,708Fulmer9,57032,262

    Who is named Shull

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

    95% of people named Shull identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Shulls

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Clifford Shull
      American physicist (1915–2001)
    • George Harrison Shull
      American botanist (1874–1954)
    • Richard B. Shull
      American actor (1929–1999)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Shull

    Shull has the Soundex code S400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S400.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Shull?
    9,565 people in the United States had the surname Shull in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,279 Americans. It ranked 3,710th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Shull?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Shull identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Shull?
    Clifford Shull, American physicist (1915–2001), followed by George Harrison Shull.
    Where is the surname Shull most common?
    Wikidata records people named Shull in the United States.
    Is the surname Shull getting more or less common?
    More common. 9,310 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,565 in 2010, up 2.7%.