Surname Checker / Shirley
How Common Is the Last Name Shirley?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Shirley today
30,143
Ranked #1,292 of 162,254 published surnames · 9.23 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 27,224 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
82.63%
Black
9.1%
Asian / Pacific Islander
0.62%
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.