How Many People Have the Last Name Shakir?

1,513

people had the surname Shakir in the 2010 US Census

About 1 in 196,078 people in the Census had this surname

Source: Census Bureau surname list

Surname Rank

#18,317

Tied with 8 others

Per 100,000 People

0.51

In 2010

Largest Group

50.7%

Black

Change Since 2000

+29.4%

+344 people

👥 Race and Hispanic Origin

Most people with the surname Shakir (50.7%) are non-Hispanic Black. The next largest group, 25.6%, are non-Hispanic Asian or Pacific Islander. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic Black, Shakir ranks #631. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic Black share fell from 61.2% to 50.7%, and the non-Hispanic White share rose from 11% to 16.3%.

White 16.3%
Black 50.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 25.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Two or more races 4.3%
Hispanic or Latino 2.8%

See the most common African American last names.

📈 Change Since 2000

Shakir grew from 1,169 people in 2000 to 1,513 in 2010 (up 29.4%), and its rank rose from #20,960 to #18,317.

20002010
People1,1691,513
Rank#20,960#18,317
Per 100,000 people0.430.51

🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Shakir

RankSurnamePeople in 2010
#18,317Mas1,513
#18,317Nadel1,513
#18,317Naidu1,513
#18,317Zhuang1,513
#18,317Shakir1,513
#18,326Antony1,512
#18,326Cearley1,512

👤 Shakir as a First Name

Shakir is a first name too: about 1,188 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.

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