How Many People Have the Last Name Shelby?
people had the surname Shelby in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 23,981 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Tied with 1 other
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+679 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Shelby (58.2%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 36%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Shelby ranks #2,176. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 60.8% to 58.2%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Shelby grew from 11,624 people in 2000 to 12,303 in 2010 (up 5.8%), and its rank fell from #2,826 to #2,912. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 4.31 to 4.17 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 11,624 | 12,303 |
| Rank | #2,826 | #2,912 |
| Per 100,000 people | 4.31 | 4.17 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Shelby
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Shelby: S410
👤 Shelby as a First Name
Shelby is a first name too: about 149,938 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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