Explore the Family Name Shorthouse

The meaning of Shorthouse

English (West Midlands): 1. nickname from Middle English short ‘short’ + hose ‘stocking’, denoting someone who wore short stockings. 2. nickname from Middle English short + hals ‘neck’, denoting someone with a short neck.

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

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Shorthouse experienced a slight decline between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it ranked 98,770 in terms of prevalence but dropped to 108,734 by 2010, a decrease of approximately 10.09%. In terms of actual count, there were 170 individuals with the Shorthouse surname in 2000, but this number decreased slightly to 163 by 2010, reflecting a change of -4.12%. The proportion of people with the Shorthouse surname per 100,000 remained stable at 0.06.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#98,770	#108,734	-10.09%
Count	170	163	-4.12%
Proportion per 100k	0.06	0.06	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Shorthouse

The Decennial U.S. Census data reveals some interesting aspects about the ethnic identity associated with the Shorthouse surname. In both 2000 and 2010, individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic, or Two or more races did not use the Shorthouse surname. Those identifying as White continued to be the predominant ethnicity associated with this surname, accounting for 94.71% of individuals in 2000 and 94.48% in 2010. There was however a small decrease of -0.24% over this decade. The percentage of those identifying as Black with the Shorthouse surname was 2.94% in 2000, but this fell to zero by 2010. American Indian and Alaskan Natives remained at 0.00% for both years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	94.71%	94.48%	-0.24%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
Black	2.94%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%