Explore the Family Name Shingle

The meaning of Shingle

Possibly an Americanized form (translation into English) of Schindel 1.

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

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

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Shingle has seen a decrease in popularity from the year 2000 to 2010. In 2000, Shingle ranked as the 65,492nd most common surname in the United States, but by 2010, it had fallen to the 86,314th position. This represents a decline of nearly 31.79%. Likewise, the count of individuals with the Shingle surname also decreased during this period, dropping from 283 people in 2000 to just 216 in 2010. This is a decrease of approximately 23.67%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#65,492	#86,314	-31.79%
Count	283	216	-23.67%
Proportion per 100k	0.1	0.07	-30%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Shingle

The ethnic identity associated with the surname Shingle also demonstrated some changes between 2000 and 2010, according to the Decennial U.S. Census. The majority of individuals with the Shingle surname identified as White, although the percentage decreased from 86.57% in 2000 to 80.09% in 2010. Meanwhile, the percentage of those identifying as Black increased from 9.19% to 12.96%. The data also shows an increase in the number of individuals identifying as Two or More Races, with a rise from 2.47% to 3.70%. Interestingly, the data reveals that no Shingles identified as Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year. However, there was a new emergence of Hispanic identification among Shingles in 2010, which had not been recorded in 2000.

	2000	2010	Change
White	86.57%	80.09%	-7.49%
Black	9.19%	12.96%	41.02%
Two or More Races	2.47%	3.7%	49.8%
Hispanic	0%	2.78%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%