Surname Checker / Shelton
How Common Is the Last Name Shelton?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Shelton today
100,223
Ranked #344 of 162,254 published surnames · 30.69 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 90,517 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
73.49%
Black
20.64%
Asian / Pacific Islander
0.47%
Hispanic
2.23%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.