How Many People Have the Last Name Shannon?
people had the surname Shannon in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 6,394 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+1,245 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Shannon (75.2%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 19.5%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Shannon ranks #549. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 77.4% to 75.2%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Shannon grew from 44,902 people in 2000 to 46,147 in 2010 (up 2.8%), and its rank fell from #693 to #752. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 16.65 to 15.64 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 44,902 | 46,147 |
| Rank | #693 | #752 |
| Per 100,000 people | 16.65 | 15.64 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Shannon
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Shannon: S550
👤 Shannon as a First Name
Shannon is a first name too: about 326,134 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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