How Many People Have the Last Name Shirley?
people had the surname Shirley in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 10,834 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
−76 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Shirley (82.6%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 9.1%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Shirley ranks #961. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 84.7% to 82.6%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Shirley fell from 27,300 people in 2000 to 27,224 in 2010 (down 0.3%), and its rank fell from #1,176 to #1,292.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 27,300 | 27,224 |
| Rank | #1,176 | #1,292 |
| Per 100,000 people | 10.12 | 9.23 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Shirley
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Shirley: S640
👤 Shirley as a First Name
Shirley is a first name too: about 308,384 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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