Explore the Family Name Shove

The meaning of Shove

English (Surrey and Kent): nickname for someone with violent habits, from Middle English shouve ‘shove, push’ (Old English scufa, a derivative of scūfan ‘to thrust or push’). Compare Showers.

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

According to the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname "Shove" saw a decrease between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked as the 41,995th most common surname in the United States, but by 2010, it had dropped to the 47,614th position; this reflects a drop of 13.38%. The count of people with the Shove surname also decreased from 487 in 2000 to 445 in 2010, an 8.62% decrease. Consequently, the proportion of individuals with the Shove surname per 100,000 people reduced by 16.67%, from 0.18 in 2000 to 0.15 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#41,995	#47,614	-13.38%
Count	487	445	-8.62%
Proportion per 100k	0.18	0.15	-16.67%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Shove

In terms of ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data for the surname Shove showed some changes from 2000 to 2010. The percentage of individuals identifying as white decreased slightly from 95.07% in 2000 to 92.81% in 2010. Those identifying with two or more races saw a substantial increase, rising from 2.26% to 3.60%, marking a change of 59.29%. There was also a noticeable emergence of individuals identifying as Hispanic in 2010, while none were reported in 2000. However, there were no individuals identified as Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year, and the percentage of those identifying as Black dropped from 1.03% in 2000 to none in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.07%	92.81%	-2.38%
Two or More Races	2.26%	3.6%	59.29%
Hispanic	0%	1.8%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	1.03%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%