How common is the last name Short?

54,312 people in the United States have the last name Short, about 1 in 5,503. It ranks #603 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

SHORT

#603

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
54,312
About
1 in 5,503
This common or more
34%
Who bears it

Of the 54,312 people with the last name Short, 81% reported their origin as White, 10.1% as Black and 4.3% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Short

#601 Bass · 54,502#602 Bonilla · 54,461#604 Collier · 54,282#605 Valenzuela · 54,200

Spelled almost the same

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

#11,513 Shortt · 2,614#18,832 Shorty · 1,445

Also a first name

As a first name, Short ranks #29,893 of 53,615, with 294 people. See Short as a first name

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