Last Name SHAPIRO

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Meaning	Name SHAPIRO is a Latin spelling of its Cyrillic origin 'ШАПИРО'. Below are some other possible Latin spellings of the Cyrillic version of this name. 'SHAPIRO' .

Origin	Jewish, Russian, Belgian

Rank	1,306 (2000 US census)	1,666 (1990 US census)

Count	24,712 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

96.7%, or 23897 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
0.38%, or 94 total occurrences, as black,
0.49%, or 121 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.08%, or 20 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.1%, or 272 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.25%, or 309 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

Surnames that make great first names

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Russian middle names

As with many things that are 'Russian,' neither child nor his parents has much choice in picking the name. It is purely patronymic and generally predefined at the time when the child is born or even rather conceived. The name is derived from the child's father's first...

Ukrainian middle names

Ukrainian middle names form the same way as Russian ones, except that for girls, the patronymic ending is '-ivna' rather than '-ovna' or '-evna.' Follow the Russian middle names link to get any additional information.