How Many People Have the Last Name Shelton?
people had the surname Shelton in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 3,258 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
+2,191 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Shelton (73.5%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 20.6%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Shelton ranks #247. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 76.2% to 73.5%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Shelton grew from 88,326 people in 2000 to 90,517 in 2010 (up 2.5%), and its rank fell from #313 to #344. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 32.74 to 30.69 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 88,326 | 90,517 |
| Rank | #313 | #344 |
| Per 100,000 people | 32.74 | 30.69 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Shelton
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Shelton: S435
👤 Shelton as a First Name
Shelton is a first name too: about 8,367 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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