Last Name SHACKLEFORD

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	Local: A variant of Shackel.

Origin	English, South african

Rank	8,514 (2000 US census)	8,165 (1990 US census)

Count	3,563 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

57.82%, or 2060 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
37.69%, or 1343 total occurrences, as black,
0.36%, or 13 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
1.01%, or 36 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
2.05%, or 73 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.07%, or 38 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

Census 2000: how many distinct surnames are there?

Even after applying various edits and acceptance criteria to the names, there are a sizable number of unique names in the population. Over 6 million last names were identified. Many of these names were either unique (occurred once)...

Longest baby names

The longest first name, consisting of 12 characters, from the baby names reported since the year 1880 in the United States is Francisquita.

There are three names consisting of 11 characters: Christopher, Margueritta, and Margueritte

Double-barrelled surnames

Can you lose your identity in a double-barrelled surname?

So, you are getting married and thinking about creating a double-barrel surname from yours and your future spouse’s surnames. Maybe there is another reason you want that type of surname. Somethin...