How common is the last name Shen?

18,330 people in the United States have the last name Shen, about 1 in 16,307. It ranks #1,925 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

SHEN

#1,925

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
18,330
About
1 in 16,307
This common or more
47.3%
Who bears it

Of the 18,330 people with the last name Shen, 93.9% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 3.1% as White and 2% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Shen

#1,923 Prater · 18,336#1,924 Roche · 18,333#1,926 Sheldon · 18,325#1,927 Hyatt · 18,300

Spelled almost the same

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

#1,517 Shin · 22,958#10,909 Shan · 2,789#15,885 Sheen · 1,765#26,469 Shon · 971#29,014 Shean · 871#36,002 Shein · 670#37,769 Shoen · 633#78,873 Shun · 261

Also a first name

As a first name, Shen ranks #11,408 of 53,615, with 1,124 people. See Shen as a first name

Compare