Submitted Surnames on the United States Popularity List

This is a list of submitted surnames in which the name appears on the United States popularity list.
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Sheard English
English surname which was originally from a place name meaning "gap between hills" in Old English.
Shee Irish (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of O'Shea.
Sheehan Irish (Anglicized, Archaic)
From irish "O Siodhachain" meaning "descendant of Siodhach" - peaceful or gentle, courteous.
Sheehey Irish
Variant of Sheehy.
Sheen English
Meaning unknown, though possibly a variant of Sean. A famous bearer of the surname is actor Charlie Sheen.
Sheene Irish (Anglicized)
Derived from the Gaelic siodhach which means "peaceful." Most commonly used in Ireland and originated in the county's southwest region.
Sheeran English, Irish
Shortened form of O'Sheeran.
Sheffield English, English (British)
A surname which named after an city in England.... [more]
Shehab Arabic
From the given name Shihab.
Shehadeh Arabic
Derived from Arabic شَهَادَة (šahāda) meaning "testimony, witness, belief (in Islam)".
Shehan Sinhalese, Dhivehi, Tamil
From the given name Shehan.
Shehata Arabic
Derived from Arabic شحات (shahhat) meaning "beggar".
Shehzad Urdu
Derived from the given name Shahzad.
Sheik Arabic, Indian, Bengali
Alternate transcription of Arabic شيخ or Bengali শেখ (see Sheikh).
Sheikh Arabic, Bengali, Urdu
From the Arabic title شَيْخ (šayḵ) meaning "chief, chieftain, head". It is used to denote a political or spiritual leader of a Muslim community.
Shein Jewish
Ornamental name derived from German schön meaning "beautiful, good, nice"
Shein Burmese
From the given name Shein.
Sheinbaum Jewish
Derived from German schön meaning "beautiful, friendly" and baum meaning "tree".
Shek Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Shi.
Sheldon English, English (American)
From an Old English place name meaning "valley with steep sides".
Sheldrake English
From a medieval nickname for a dandyish (showy) or vain man, from Middle English scheldrake, the male of a type of duck with brightly-coloured plumage (itself from the East Anglian dialect term scheld "variegated" combined with drake "male duck").
Shell American
Posibly from the given name Shell.
Shelley English, Irish
From the given name Shelley It means "wooded clearing" in Irish.
Shelley English, Irish (Anglicized)
Habitational name from any of the three places called Shelley (Essex Suffolk Yorkshire) or from Shelley Plain in Crawley (Sussex)... [more]
Shemer Jewish
1 Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant spelling of Schimmer.... [more]
Shemesh Jewish
Means "sun" in Hebrew.
Shemtov Hebrew (Modern)
Means "good name", derived from Hebrew שם (shem) means "name" and טוב (tov) means "good".
Shen Chinese
From Chinese 沈 (shěn) referring to the ancient state of Shen, which existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now the Henan province.
Shen Chinese
From Chinese 慎 (shèn) meaning "cautious, acting sincerely, with care".
Shenberger English (?)
The name Shenberger comes from a common mix up with the archaic Austrian-German surname Schoenberg; meaning "Beautiful Mountain."
Sheng Chinese
From Chinese 盛 (shèng) meaning "flourishing, prosperous", also referring to the ancient state of Sheng which existed during the Zhou dynasty in present-day Shandong province.
Shenton English
"Beautiful town" in Old English. Parishes in Leicestershire, and Cheshire.
Sheperd English
Variant of Shepherd or transferred use of the surname Sheperd.
Sher Urdu
Derived from the given name Sher.
Sherif Arabic
From the given name Sharif.
Sheriff English, Scottish
Occupational name for a sheriff, derived from Middle English schiref, shreeve, shryve literally meaning "sheriff", or from Old English scir meaning "shire, administrative district" and (ge)refa meaning "reeve"... [more]
Sherlock English, Irish
Nickname for someone with "fair hair" or "a lock of fair hair."
Sherpa Nepali
From the name of the Sherpa people of Nepal, India and Bhutan, itself derived from Tibetan ཤར (shar) meaning "east" and the nominalising particle པ (pa).
Sherrard English
Probably from a medieval nickname based on Middle English shere "bright, fair", with the derogatory suffix -ard.
Sherrell English
This surname is of English locational origin, from the place in Devonshire called Shirwell. The placename is first recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Sirewelle, and by 1242 as Shirewill... [more]
Sherwin English
English: nickname for a swift runner, from Middle English schere(n) ‘to shear’ + wind ‘wind’.
Sherwood English
From a place name meaning "bright forest", derived from Old English scir meaning "bright" and wudu meaning "tree, wood".
Sherzai Pashto
Alternate transcription of Shirzai.
Sheth Indian, Marathi, Bengali, Hindi
Variant transcription of Seth.
Shevalier English (American), English (Canadian)
Anglicized form of the French surname Chevalier.
Shevtsov m Russian
Russian form of Shvets.
Shewell English
Variant of Sewell, possibly influenced by the Middle English word shewel "scarecrow".
Shi Chinese
From Chinese 施 (shī) referring to the ancient state of Shi, which existed during the Xia dynasty in present-day Hubei province.
Shi Chinese
From Chinese 石 (shí) meaning "stone", also referring to the ancient city of Chach that is now Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Shi Chinese
In Chinese Shi means History.
Shi Chinese
From 时(shí) means time.
Shia Chinese (Teochew)
Teochew romanization of Xie.
Shiba Japanese
From Japanese 斯波 (Shiba) meaning "Shiba", a former district in the prefecture of Iwate in Japan.... [more]
Shibata Japanese
From Japanese 柴 (shiba) meaning "brushwood, firewood" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Shibayama Japanese
From Japanese 柴 (shiba) meaning "firewood" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".
Shie German
Variant of Schie.
Shieh Taiwanese
Alternate romanization of Xie or Shi chiefly used in Taiwan.
Shield English
Metonymic occupational name for an armorer, from Middle English scheld "shield" (Old English scild, sceld).
Shields Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Ó Siadhail
Shigematsu Japanese
From Japanese 重 (shige) meaning "layers, folds" and 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree".
Shigemura Japanese
Shige means "luxurious" and mura means "hamlet, village" or "town".
Shigeta Japanese
From Japanese 重 (shige) meaning "layers, folds" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Shih Chinese
Alternate transcription of Chinese 施 (see Shi).
Shih Taiwanese
Alternate transcription of Shi chiefly used in Taiwan.
Shihab Arabic, Bengali, Dhivehi
From the given name Shihab.
Shilling English, German (Americanized), Dutch (Americanized)
nickname from the Middle English coin name schilling "shilling" (Old English scilling) probably referring to a fee or rent owed or paid... [more]
Shilo Russian, Ukrainian
Means "awl" in Russian and Ukrainian, from the Old Slavic root šidlo.
Shim Korean
Alternate transcription of Sim.
Shima Japanese
From Japanese 島 (shima) meaning "island".
Shimabukuro Japanese, Okinawan
From Japanese 島 (shima) meaning "island" and 袋 (fukuro) meaning "bag, sack, pouch".
Shimamoto Japanese
From Japanese 島 (shima) meaning "island" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
Shimaoka Japanese
島 (Shima) means "jsland", 岡 (oka) means "ridge, hill".
Shimazaki Japanese
From Japanese 島 (shima) meaning "island" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".
Shimazu Japanese
From Japanese 島 (shima) meaning "island" and 津 (zu) meaning "port, harbor".
Shimmel Yiddish
From the given name Shimmel, a Yiddish diminutive of Shimon.
Shimmin Manx
Contracted form of McSimeen
Shimoda Japanese
From Japanese 下 (shimo) meaning "below, down, under" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Shimokawa Japanese
From Japanese 下 (shimo) meaning "below, down, under" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
Shimomura Japanese
From Japanese 下 (shimo) meaning "below, down, under" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
Shimono Japanese
From Japanese 下 (shimo) meaning "under, below" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".
Shimura Japanese
From Japanese 志 (shi) meaning "will, purpose" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
Shin Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 泰 (see Tai).
Shin Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 神 (see Jin).
Shin Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 針 (see Hari).
Shina Japanese
Shina can mean "family, department, section".
Shinde Indian, Marathi
Meaning unknown; this was also the name of a Indian dynasty from Maharashtra.
Shindō Japanese
From Japanese 新 (shin) meaning "new", 進 (shin) meaning "advance, progress", 信 (shin) meaning "trust, faith", or 真 (shin) meaning "truth, reality" combined with 藤 (dō) meaning "wisteria" or 堂 (dō) meaning "temple, shrine".
Shingler English
An occupational name for someone who laid wooden tiles, or shingles on roofs, from an agent derivative of Middle English schingle ‘shingle’. ... [more]
Shinn English
Metonymic occupational name for a Skinner, from Old English scinn, Middle English shin ‘hide’, ‘pelt’. In Middle English this word was replaced by the Norse equivalent, skinn.
Shintaku Japanese
From Japanese 新 (shin) meaning "fresh, new" and 宅 (taku) meaning "house, home".
Shintani Japanese
From Japanese 新 (shin) meaning "fresh, new" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley".
Shiotani Japanese
From Japanese 塩 (shio) meaning "salt" and 谷 (tani) meaning "valley".
Shiozaki Japanese
From Japanese 塩 (shio) meaning "salt" and 崎 (saki) meaning "peninsula, cape".
Ship English
This unusual name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and is an occupational surname for "a mariner", or perhaps, occasionally a "ship or boat-builder". The derivation of the name is from the Olde English pre 7th Century scip, ship, in Middle English schip
Shipley English (Rare)
English: habitational name from any of the various places, for example in Derbyshire, County Durham, Northumberland, Shropshire, Sussex, and West Yorkshire, so called from Old English sceap, scip ‘sheep’ + leah ‘wood’, ‘clearing’.
Shipman English
Occupational name for a mariner, or occasionally perhaps for a boatbuilder, from Middle English "schipman". One notable person is known evildoer Harold Shipman. He was an English general practitioner who is believed to be one of the most prolific serial killers in modern history.
Shipp English
nickname for a mariner or perhaps a boatbuilder from Middle English schip "ship". Compare Shipman . in addition the name may occasionally also have been topographic or habitational referring to a house or inn distinguished by the sign of a ship.
Shipper German, Jewish, English
German and Jewish Cognate and English variant of Schipper. occupational name from Middle English shippere "shipman sailor seaman" (Old English scipere) perhaps also with the sense "skipper" (Middle Low German schipper).
Shipton English
From Old English scip "sheep", and tun "enclosure; settlement".
Shirai Japanese
Means "Purple Thunder". From Japanese 紫 (shi) meaning "purple" and 雷 (rai) meaning "thunder". Notable bearers are joshi wrestlers Mio Shirai and Io Shirai.
Shircliff English
Habitational name from Shirecliff in Sheffield (Yorkshire) from Old English scir "bright" and clif "cliff bank".
Shiroma Okinawan (Japanized)
Japanese form of the Okinawan surname 城間 (Gushikuma), derived from Okinawan 城 (gushiku) meaning "castle" and 間 (ma) meaning "among, between".
Shishido Japanese
Japanese: habitational name taken from a district in Hitachi (now Ibaraki prefecture), written with a variant character for ‘flesh’ and ‘door’. It is found mostly in northeastern Japan.
Shishido Japanese
From Japanese 宍 (shishi) meaning "meat, flesh" and 戸 (to) meaning "door".
Shishkin Russian
From Russian шишка (shishka) meaning "cone, pinecone".
Shiu Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Shao.
Shivers Irish
Irish variant of Chivers.
Shkolnik Russian
A Russian word used to refer to a student.
Shmidt Russian
Russian form of Schmidt.
Shnayderman Yiddish
It literally means "snitherman".
Sho Japanese
Japanese name meaning "to fly/soar" or "wind instrument".
Sho Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 初 (see Hatsu) or a variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 初 (see Shō).
Shō Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 初 (see Hatsu).
Shoaf American
Origin is unknown but it is the surname of American Rachel Shoaf who is a convicted murderer.
Shoaib Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Shoaib.
Shoat English (American)
Variant of Choate
Shockley English
(i) perhaps "person from Shocklach", Cheshire ("boggy stream infested with evil spirits"); (ii) perhaps an anglicization of Swiss German Schoechli, literally "person who lives by the little barn"
Shoen German (Anglicized), Jewish
Americanized spelling of German or Ashkenazic Jewish Schön or Schoen.
Shoesmith English
occupational name for a blacksmith who either specialized in shoeing horses (a farrier) or in making and fitting iron blades known as shoes such as the tips of spades and the plowshares on plow moldboards from Middle English sho "shoe" (Old English scoh) and smith "smith" (Old English smiþ).
Shoham Hebrew
Means "onyx" in Hebrew.
Shojaei Persian
Derived from Persian شجاع (shoja) meaning "brave, courageous".
Shōji Japanese
From Japanese 庄 (shō) meaning "manor, villa" and 司 (ji) meaning "officer, boss".
Shoji Japanese
From the Japanese 庄 (sho) "level" and 司 (shi or ji) "director," "official."
Shoji Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese 庄司 (see Shōji).
Shore English
From the Old English word scora meaning "the land along the edge of an ocean, sea, lake, or river; a coast."
Shortall English
Nickname from Anglo-Saxon scorkhals meaning "a person with a short neck".
Shoshan Jewish
Means "lily" in Hebrew.
Shou Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 初 (see Shō).
Shramko Ukrainian, Russian, Belarusian
Derived from East Slavic шрам (shram) meaning "scar, cicatrix".
Shreck German (Americanized)
Americanized form of Schreck.
Shrem Hebrew
The surname “Shrem” is of Halabi-Jewish origin. It is an acronym for “Shabbat, Rosh Chodesh, Yom Tov, and Moed”.
Shrestha Nepali
Means "excellent" in Nepali, ultimately from Sanskrit श्रेष्ठ (shreshtha) meaning "best, most excellent".
Shrestha Newar
From Sanskrit श्रेष्ठ (śrēṣṭha) meaning "important; most excellent; great" in Sanskrit. This is originally used by the Shrestha caste but is now adopted by many castes.
Shreve English
Altered English variant of Sheriff. In some cases, this surname may have arisen from a nickname.
Shreves English
Variant form of Shreve.
Shrewsbury English
From Shrewsbury, a market town and the county town of Shropshire, England, derived from Old English scrobb meaning "scrub, brushwood" and burg meaning "fortified place".
Shrimpton English
Probably referring to the unknown "Estate of Shrimp"
Shrivastava Indian, Hindi, Marathi
Alternate transcription of Shrivastav.
Shroff Indian, Hindi, Gujarati, Arabic, Urdu, Indian (Parsi)
Originally an occupational name for a cashier, money changer or banker, derived from Gujarati સરાફ (saraf) meaning "bullion merchant", itself ultimately derived from Arabic صراف (sarraf) meaning "teller".
Shropshire English
Regional name from the county of Shropshire, on the western border of England with Wales.
Shrout German
This surname is related to the German surname Schroder which means cut as in a wood cutter etc.
Shteyn Yiddish
Yiddish form of Stein.
Shteynberg Jewish
Russified form of Steinberg.
Shu Chinese
From Chinese 舒 (shū) referring to the ancient state of Shu, which existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Anhui province.
Shu Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese 鞠 (see Shū).
Shū Chinese (Japanized)
Japanese transcription of Xi or Zhou.
Shū Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese 鞠 (see Mari).
Shuaib Arabic
From the given name Shuaib.
Shubin Russian
Derived from Russian шуба (shuba) meaning "fur coat".
Shuck English
Origin uncertain; perhaps a nickname from Middle English schucke "devil, fiend".
Shue German (Anglicized), Jewish (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Schuh or Schue. A famous bearer of this name is the American actress Elisabeth Shue (1963-).
Shue Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Xu 1, Xu 2 or Xue.
Shuford English (American)
American form of German Schuffert (see Schuchardt).
Shukla Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi
Derived from Sanskrit शुक्ल (shukla) meaning "white, bright, pure".
Shukri Arabic
From the given name Shukri.
Shull German
Derivative of Scholl
Shulman Jewish
It is a Jewish-Polish surname that first appeared around 1090. It means Rabai, Gabbai, or Shamash. These are occupations that take place in a Shul-Synagogue. Shul is the Yiddish word for Synagogue. The name litterally means 'man that goes to the Synagogue'.
Shults Jewish (Anglicized, Rare)
The name Shults comes from one of those ancient dukedoms, territories and states that would eventually form a part of present day Germany. At its birth in the Middle Ages, it was used to indicate someone who worked as a town-mayor derived from the medieval name "Schultheis" which has the same meaning.... [more]
Shultz German (Americanized)
Americanized spelling of German Schultz , or a variant spelling of the Jewish name.
Shum Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Shen.
Shum Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Cen.
Shurgot Polish, English (American)
Americanized spelling of Szurgot.
Shuster English
Variant of German Schuster or Slovenian Šuster, both meaning "shoemaker".
Shy English (American)
Americanization of Schei.
Si Chinese
From Chinese 司 (sī) meaning "to take charge of, to control, to manage" or "officer, official".
Sia Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Xie.
Siahaan Batak
Derived from Batak sihahaan meaning "eldest child, eldest sibling".
Siam Thai
From Siam, a historical name for Thailand.
Siân Welsh
Either a variant of Siôn or taken directly from the name Siân
Siapno Pangasinan
Meaning uncertain.
Siaw Akan
Meaning unknown.
Sibley English (British)
From the Anglo-Saxons influence in England. Said to be derived from the ancient Sibbelee, a woman’s Christian name, and has been traced through Sibilla, Sybbly, and finally Sibley. Sibilla was the name of a Greek princess who uttered the ancient oracles, and is represented on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel... [more]
Sibounheuang Lao
From Lao ສີ (si) meaning "majesty, glory, splendour" or "color", ບຸນ (boun) meaning "happiness, prosperity, goodness" and ເຮືອງ (heuang) meaning "bright, clear, beautiful".
Sibrian Armenian
Meaning unknown.
Sicard French
From the given name Sigihard, derived from the elements sigu "victory" and hart "hard, firm, brave, hardy".
Sicat Filipino, Tagalog
Derived from Tagalog sikat meaning "rising" or "splendour, brilliance".
Sicilia Spanish, Italian
Denotes someone from Sicily.
Siciliano Italian, Sicilian
One who came from Sicily.
Sickler English (Rare)
Came from one who used a sickle to farm fields
Siddiq Arabic, Urdu, Sindhi, Punjabi, Bengali
Derived from Arabic صَدِيق (ṣiddīq) meaning "truthful, veracious".
Siddiqi Persian, Urdu, Sindhi, Balochi, Bengali
Variant transcription of Siddiqui.
Siddique Urdu, Bengali
Alternate transcription of Siddiqui.
Siddiqui Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From Arabic صَادِق (ṣādiq) meaning "true, truthful, veracious". It was traditionally used as an honorific title or a nickname for a trustworthy person.
Sider English (American)
Americanization of Seider.
Sideris Greek
Greek reduced and altered form of the personal name Isidoros (see Isadore), altered by folk etymology as if derived from sidero ‘iron’ (classical Greek sideron), and hence regarded as an omen name: ‘may the child grow up to be as strong as iron’.
Sidhu Indian (Sikh), Punjabi
From Sanskrit सिद्ध (siddha) meaning "accomplished, proven".
Sidiqi Pashto, Persian, Afghan
Means "the veracious" from Arabic صَدَقَ (ṣadaqa) meaning "to be truthful, to be sincere". It is also a variant of Persian Sadeghi.
Sidiropoulos Greek
Means "son of a blacksmith worker" in Greek.
Sidle English
Anglicized form of Seidel
Sidorenko Ukrainian
Alternate transcription of Sydorenko.
Sidorov Russian
Means "son of Sidor".
Sidwell English
From an English surname of uncertain origin, possibly originally a habitational name from an unidentified place with a second element from Old English well(a) ‘spring’, ‘stream’, but on the other hand early forms are found without prepositions... [more]
Siebe Low German
from a pet form of the personal name Siebert
Sieber German
The roots of the German surname Sieber can be traced to the Old Germanic word "Siebmacher," meaning "sieve maker." The surname is occupational in origin, and was most likely originally borne by someone who held this position
Sieck German
The name is originally spelled "Siecke". Eric Siecke came from Norway and settled in Holstein, Germany in the year 1307. The final "e" was dropped by most of the family, though one branch still retains it... [more]
Siegfried German
From a Germanic personal name composed of the elements sigi "victory" and fridu "peace". The German surname has also occasionally been adopted by Ashkenazic Jews.
Siemens German
Derived from the given name Siem.
Sienko Polish
From the personal name Simon/Symon or Syzon
Sies German, Dutch
From the ancient Germanic name Sigizo formed with the element sigi "victory" (from proto Germanic segiz).
Sievert Low German, Dutch, Swedish
Derived from the given name Sievert. A Sievert (Sv) is a unit measuring the effect of ionizing radiation on the human body (called equivalent absorbed radiation dose)... [more]
Sievertsen German
Patronymic of Sievert.
Siewert German
Derived from the Frisian and Low German given name Sievert.
Sigel Jewish
Variant of Siegel 3.
Sigel Upper German
Upper German variant of Siegel 1.
Sigmund German, Czech
From the given name Sigmund.
Signore Italian
from the medieval personal name Signore (from Latin senior "senior elder" genitive senioris). from signore ‘lord’ hence a derisive nickname for a peasant who gave himself airs and graces or an occupational name for someone in the service of a great lord... [more]
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