How rare is the last name Shell?

12,127 people in the United States have the last name Shell, about 1 in 24,647. It ranks #2,894 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

SHELL

#2,894

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
12,127
About
1 in 24,647
This common or more
52.1%
Who bears it

Of the 12,127 people with the last name Shell, 72% reported their origin as White, 18.4% as Black and 4.5% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Shell

#2,892 Low · 12,132#2,893 Pedraza · 12,128#2,895 Trammell · 12,125#2,896 Moe · 12,124

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Shell, most common first.

#3,863 Shull · 8,947#6,852 Shelly · 4,726#27,855 Sholl · 914#29,674 Sheil · 847#32,616 Shill · 755#57,414 Shall · 383#84,785 Shely · 238#89,563 Shiell · 222

Also a first name

As a first name, Shell ranks #15,379 of 53,615, with 749 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1963, with 31 births. See Shell as a first name

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