Explore the Family Name Shulkin

The meaning of Shulkin

Jewish (from Belarus): metronymic from the Yiddish female personal name Shulke, a pet form of the Biblical Hebrew name Shulamith. It is formed with the Slavic possessive suffix -in. Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Yakov, Yuzik. Russian Mikhail, Aleksandr, Arkadiy, Boris, Leonid, Yefim.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Shulkin saw a slight decrease from 2000 to 2010. In the year 2000, Shulkin ranked at 70,052 in terms of popularity, which dropped by 10.3% to 77,264 in 2010. Similarly, the count of individuals with the surname Shulkin declined by around 5%, from 261 in 2000 to 248 in 2010. The proportion of this surname among every 100,000 people also fell by 20.0%, from 0.1 in 2000 to 0.08 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#70,052	#77,264	-10.3%
Count	261	248	-4.98%
Proportion per 100k	0.1	0.08	-20%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Shulkin

The ethnic identity distribution for the surname Shulkin also shifted somewhat between 2000 and 2010, according to the Decennial U.S. Census data. In both years, no individuals identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native. However, the percentage of those identifying as White decreased slightly from 93.87% in 2000 to 92.74% in 2010. The proportion of those reporting two or more ethnic identities dropped significantly by 36.81% from 3.83% in 2000 to 2.42% in 2010. Interestingly, there was a new emergence of Hispanic identity within this surname group, rising to 3.23% in 2010 from zero in 2000.

	2000	2010	Change
White	93.87%	92.74%	-1.2%
Hispanic	0%	3.23%	0%
Two or More Races	3.83%	2.42%	-36.81%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%