How common is the surname Shults?

4,146 people in the United States had the surname Shults in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 74,468 Americans. It ranked 7,975th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Shults?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Shults identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Shults?

Tammie Jo Shults, American pilot.

Where is the surname Shults most common?

Wikidata records people named Shults in the United States.

Is the surname Shults getting more or less common?

More common. 4,019 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,146 in 2010, up 3.2%.

The surname Shults

A German surname, carried by 4,146 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S432

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shults is more common than 95.1% of them.

Origin

German origin

Americanized spelling of German Schulz.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,146 people named Shults in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 74,468 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,019.

#7,975

rank among US surnames

4,146

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+3.2%

change since 2000 (was #7,627)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,971	Colella	4,150	74,397
#7,972	Lechner	4,149	74,414
#7,974	Chancellor	4,147	74,450
#7,975	McCutchen	4,146	74,468
#7,977	Treece	4,144	74,504

Who is named Shults

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

95% of people named Shults identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Shultss

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Tammie Jo Shults
American pilot, born 1962

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Shults

Shults has the Soundex code S432, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S432.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Shults come from?: Americanized spelling of German Schulz.
How common is the surname Shults?: 4,146 people in the United States had the surname Shults in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 74,468 Americans. It ranked 7,975th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Shults?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Shults identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Shults?: Tammie Jo Shults, American pilot.
Where is the surname Shults most common?: Wikidata records people named Shults in the United States.
Is the surname Shults getting more or less common?: More common. 4,019 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,146 in 2010, up 3.2%.