How common is the last name Shi?

17,207 people in the United States have the last name Shi, about 1 in 17,371. It ranks #2,051 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

SHI

#2,051

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
17,207
About
1 in 17,371
This common or more
48.1%
Who bears it

Of the 17,207 people with the last name Shi, 95.9% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander and 2.5% as White. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Shi

#2,049 Heredia · 17,224#2,050 Henriquez · 17,220#2,052 Chow · 17,205#2,053 Covarrubias · 17,198

Spelled almost the same

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

#6,249 Shih · 5,249#9,744 Shu · 3,177#14,676 Shy · 1,945#18,123 Sha · 1,515#27,268 Shiu · 937#28,526 She · 889#62,494 Shui · 346#68,789 Shia · 308

Also a first name

As a first name, Shi ranks #6,837 of 53,615, with 2,298 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2001, with 28 births. See Shi as a first name

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