Surname Checker / Short
How Common Is the Last Name Short?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Short today
63,640
Ranked #581 of 162,254 published surnames · 19.49 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 57,477 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
84.12%
Black
10.24%
Asian / Pacific Islander
0.59%
Hispanic
2.18%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.