Explore the Family Name Shingleton

The meaning of Shingleton

English: late medieval variant of Singleton.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Shingleton has seen a slight decrease in its ranking from 2000 to 2010, moving from 15,439 to 16,079, marking a change of -4.15%. However, despite this drop in rank, the actual count of individuals with this surname has increased by 3.39%, from 1,742 in 2000 to 1,801 in 2010. The proportion of people named Shingleton per 100,000 has slightly decreased by -6.15% over the decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#15,439	#16,079	-4.15%
Count	1,742	1,801	3.39%
Proportion per 100k	0.65	0.61	-6.15%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Shingleton

In terms of ethnic identity, the census data reveals several changes for the Shingleton surname between 2000 and 2010. While the percentage of those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian and Alaskan Native dropped to zero, the percentage of those identifying as two or more races almost doubled, increasing from 1.03% to 2.00%. There was also an increase within the Hispanic community, rising from 0.86% to 1.67%. The percentage of people with the Shingleton surname identifying as Black also saw a small increase, up 16.78% to 3.55% in 2010. Conversely, there was a slight decrease in the percentage of people with the Shingleton surname identifying as White, down -2.21% to 92.12% in 2010. This shift demonstrates the changing diversity within the Shingleton surname population over the decade, according to the Decennial U.S. Census.

	2000	2010	Change
White	94.2%	92.12%	-2.21%
Black	3.04%	3.55%	16.78%
Two or More Races	1.03%	2%	94.17%
Hispanic	0.86%	1.67%	94.19%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.52%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0.34%	0%	0%