How common is the surname Shy?

1,955 people in the United States had the surname Shy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 157,926 Americans. It ranked 15,090th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Shy?

In the 2010 Census, 51% of people named Shy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 39% as Black (not Hispanic).

Who is the most famous person named Shy?

Carl Shy, basketball player (1908–1991).

Where is the surname Shy most common?

Wikidata records people named Shy in the United States.

Is the surname Shy getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,049 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,955 in 2010, down 4.6%.

The surname Shy

A surname, carried by 1,955 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S000

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shy is more common than 90.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,955 people named Shy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 157,926 Americans. That is down 4.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,049.

#15,090

rank among US surnames

1,955

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

-4.6%

change since 2000 (was #13,593)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,090	Palombo	1,955	157,926
#15,099	Schaible	1,954	158,007

Who is named Shy

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

51% of people named Shy identified as white (not Hispanic), 39% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 51%
Black (not Hispanic) 39%
Asian and Pacific Islander 4.2%
Two or more races 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Shys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Carl Shy
Basketball player (1908–1991)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Shy

Shy has the Soundex code S000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S000.

Questions

How common is the surname Shy?: 1,955 people in the United States had the surname Shy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 157,926 Americans. It ranked 15,090th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Shy?: In the 2010 Census, 51% of people named Shy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 39% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Shy?: Carl Shy, basketball player (1908–1991).
Where is the surname Shy most common?: Wikidata records people named Shy in the United States.
Is the surname Shy getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,049 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,955 in 2010, down 4.6%.