How common is the surname Shute?

2,983 people in the United States had the surname Shute in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 103,502 Americans. It ranked 10,711th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Shute getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,988 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,983 in 2010, down 0.2%.

The surname Shute

A surname, carried by 2,983 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S300

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shute is more common than 93.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,983 people named Shute in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 103,502 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,988.

#10,711

rank among US surnames

2,983

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

-0.2%

change since 2000 (was #9,962)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,704	Rugg	2,986	103,398
#10,706	Wardlow	2,985	103,432
#10,708	Ricard	2,984	103,467
#10,711	Shute	2,983	103,502
#10,715	Reading	2,982	103,536
#10,717	Nicoletti	2,981	103,571

Who is named Shute

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

90% of people named Shute identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Shute

Shute has the Soundex code S300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S300.

Questions

How common is the surname Shute?: 2,983 people in the United States had the surname Shute in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 103,502 Americans. It ranked 10,711th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Shute?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Shute identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Shute getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,988 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,983 in 2010, down 0.2%.