How Many People Have the Last Name Shell?
people had the surname Shell in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 22,075 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
+226 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Shell (75.2%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 18.5%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Shell ranks #2,019. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 77.4% to 75.2%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Shell grew from 13,143 people in 2000 to 13,369 in 2010 (up 1.7%), and its rank fell from #2,523 to #2,696. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 4.87 to 4.53 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 13,143 | 13,369 |
| Rank | #2,523 | #2,696 |
| Per 100,000 people | 4.87 | 4.53 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Shell
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Shell: S400
👤 Shell as a First Name
Shell is a first name too: about 265 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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