Explore the Family Name Shadowens

The meaning of Shadowens

Variant of Shadowen, a surname of French origin (see Chaudoin), with the addition of excrescent -s, a common feature of Americanized surnames. History: Bearers of the surname Shadowens are descendants of François Chaudoin, a Huguenot from France (see Chaudoin).

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How common is the last name Shadowens in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Shadowens showed a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 34,673rd most popular, while in 2010, it slipped to be the 34,707th most common name. However, the actual count of people with this surname increased by 5.51 percent, from 617 people in 2000 to 651 in 2010. Despite this increase, its share per 100,000 people saw a decline of 4.35 percent.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#34,673	#34,707	-0.1%
Count	617	651	5.51%
Proportion per 100k	0.23	0.22	-4.35%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Shadowens

Regarding the ethnic identity breakdown for the surname Shadowens, data from the Decennial U.S. Census shows that the majority of individuals with this last name identified as White in both 2000 (95.14 percent) and 2010 (93.70 percent). The percentage identifying as Black grew by 18.46 percent, from 1.30 percent in 2000 to 1.54 percent in 2010. Those identifying as American Indian and Alaskan Native were reported for the first time in 2010 at 1.38 percent. There were no reports of individuals with this surname identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander in either year. The percentage of those reporting two or more races decreased slightly, from 2.11 percent to 2.00 percent, while the Hispanic percentage dropped to zero in 2010 from 0.97 percent in 2000.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.14%	93.7%	-1.51%
Two or More Races	2.11%	2%	-5.21%
Black	1.3%	1.54%	18.46%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	1.38%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Hispanic	0.97%	0%	0%