How Many People Have the Last Name Shay?
people had the surname Shay in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 32,051 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
−90 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Shay (88.8%) are non-Hispanic White. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Shay ranks #2,899. The mix barely changed from 2000: no group's share moved by 2 points or more.
📈 Change Since 2000
Shay fell from 9,302 people in 2000 to 9,212 in 2010 (down 1%), and its rank fell from #3,513 to #3,843.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 9,302 | 9,212 |
| Rank | #3,513 | #3,843 |
| Per 100,000 people | 3.45 | 3.12 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Shay
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Shay: S000
👤 Shay as a First Name
Shay is a first name too: about 12,838 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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