Explore the Family Name Shelden

The meaning of Shelden

English: variant of Sheldon.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

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

According to the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname "Shelden" saw a slight decline from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, Shelden was ranked as the 22,212th most popular surname in the United States with 1,084 individuals bearing this name, representing a proportion of 0.4 per 100k people. However, by 2010, its rank had fallen to 23,604 with only 1,075 bearers left, thus decreasing the proportion to 0.36 per 100k people. This represents a change of -6.27 in rank and -0.83 in count during this ten-year period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#22,212	#23,604	-6.27%
Count	1,084	1,075	-0.83%
Proportion per 100k	0.4	0.36	-10%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Shelden

The ethnic identity associated with the surname "Shelden" underwent some noticeable shifts between 2000 and 2010, as reflected in the data from the Decennial U.S. Census. In 2000, the majority of individuals with the surname identified as White (94.93%), followed by those who identified with two or more races (2.03%), Hispanic (1.11%), American Indian and Alaskan Native (0.74%), Asian/Pacific Islander (0.65%), and Black (0.55%). By 2010, while the majority still identified as White, there was a significant increase in the percentage of individuals identifying as Hispanic (up by 100.90%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (up by 56.92%). On the other hand, the percentage of those identifying as Black and American Indian and Alaskan Native dropped to zero, and those identifying with two or more races decreased by 17.73%.

	2000	2010	Change
White	94.93%	94.14%	-0.83%
Hispanic	1.11%	2.23%	100.9%
Two or More Races	2.03%	1.67%	-17.73%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.65%	1.02%	56.92%
Black	0.55%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0.74%	0%	0%