How common is the surname Shuttleworth?

1,563 people in the United States had the surname Shuttleworth in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 197,534 Americans. It ranked 17,888th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Shuttleworth?

Bobby Shuttleworth, American soccer player.

Where is the surname Shuttleworth most common?

Wikidata records people named Shuttleworth in the United States.

Is the surname Shuttleworth getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,608 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,563 in 2010, down 2.8%.

The surname Shuttleworth

An English place surname, carried by 1,563 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex S346

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shuttleworth is more common than 89% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English sċyttel (“bar, bolt”) + worþ (“enclosure”).

Shuttleworth is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,563 people named Shuttleworth in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 197,534 Americans. That is down 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,608.

#17,888

rank among US surnames

1,563

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-2.8%

change since 2000 (was #16,463)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,883	Towell	1,564	197,408
#17,888	Bergren	1,563	197,534
#17,896	Petras	1,562	197,660

Who is named Shuttleworth

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

94% of people named Shuttleworth identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Shuttleworths

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Bobby Shuttleworth
American soccer player, born 1987

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Shuttlesworth

Shuttleworth has the Soundex code S346, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S346.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Shuttleworth come from?: From Old English sċyttel (“bar, bolt”) + worþ (“enclosure”).
How common is the surname Shuttleworth?: 1,563 people in the United States had the surname Shuttleworth in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 197,534 Americans. It ranked 17,888th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Shuttleworth?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Shuttleworth identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Shuttleworth?: Bobby Shuttleworth, American soccer player.
Where is the surname Shuttleworth most common?: Wikidata records people named Shuttleworth in the United States.
What type of surname is Shuttleworth?: Shuttleworth is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Shuttleworth getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,608 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,563 in 2010, down 2.8%.
What are other spellings of Shuttleworth?: Shuttlesworth.