Last Name SHY

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	Not available

Origin	Jewish, Chinese

Rank	13,593 (2000 US census)	13,408 (1990 US census)

Count	2,049 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

52.51%, or 1076 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
34.26%, or 702 total occurrences, as black,
9.47%, or 194 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.68%, or 14 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
2%, or 41 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.07%, or 22 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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