Surname Checker / Sheldon
How Common Is the Last Name Sheldon?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Sheldon today
21,413
Ranked #1,855 of 162,254 published surnames · 6.56 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 19,339 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
90.74%
Black
1.84%
Asian / Pacific Islander
0.87%
Hispanic
2.58%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.