Short

54,312 people in the United States were counted with the surname Short in the 2020 census, making it the 603rd most common in the country. That is about one person in 5,503.

By the numbers

People: 54,312
Rank: 603rd
How common: 1 in 5,503
Per 100,000: 18.2

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Short described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 81.0%
Black, not Hispanic 10.1%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 4.3%
Hispanic or Latino 3.1%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.8%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.8%

Notable people called Short

Martin Short (born 1950)Canadian comedian and actor
Nigel Short (born 1965)English chess player and writer
Jake Short (born 1997)American teen actor
Too Short (born 1966)American rapper
Columbus Short (born 1982)American choreographer
James Short (1710–1768)British mathematician
Gertrude Short (1902–1968)actress
Walter Short (1880–1949)United States general

People named Short with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Short

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.