Find out how popular the last name Shouse is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Shouse.

Shouse, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Shouse surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Shouse in America

Shouse is the 7819th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Shouse surname appeared 4,234 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Shouse.

We can also compare 2010 data for Shouse to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Shouse

The surname SHOUSE originated from Germany and dates back to the early 16th century. It is believed to have derived from the German word "Schauß" or "Schaus," which referred to a person who lived near a dike or embankment. The name likely originated in the coastal regions of northern Germany, where such geographic features were common.

One of the earliest known records of the SHOUSE name can be found in the parish records of the town of Emden, in present-day Lower Saxony, Germany. In 1532, a man named Hans Schauß is mentioned as a resident of the town. This spelling variation, Schauß, is considered to be an early form of the SHOUSE surname.

During the 17th and 18th centuries, the SHOUSE name spread throughout various parts of Germany, with families bearing this surname recorded in regions such as Westphalia, Bavaria, and Saxony. One notable individual from this era was Johann SHOUSE, a Lutheran pastor born in 1675 in the town of Erfurt, in modern-day Thuringia.

In the 19th century, many German families, including those with the SHOUSE surname, immigrated to the United States and other countries. One of the earliest recorded SHOUSE immigrants was Jacob SHOUSE, who arrived in Philadelphia in 1803 from the German state of Hesse.

Another prominent figure in the history of the SHOUSE name was William SHOUSE, an American politician and diplomat born in 1868 in Mississippi. He served as a United States Senator from Kansas from 1915 to 1919 and later as the United States Ambassador to Chile from 1933 to 1937.

Other notable individuals with the SHOUSE surname include:

1. Jouett SHOUSE (1879-1942), an American lawyer and politician from Kansas who served as the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury under President Woodrow Wilson.

2. Henri SHOUSE (1926-2008), a French artist and sculptor known for his abstract metal sculptures and paintings.

3. Catherine SHOUSE (born 1962), an American writer and journalist who has authored several books on food and culture.

4. David SHOUSE (born 1957), an American businessman who served as the CEO of the media company Gannett from 2005 to 2011.

While the SHOUSE surname has its roots in Germany, it has since spread to various parts of the world, with families bearing this name found in countries such as the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Shouse

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Shouse.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Shouse was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Shouse has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Shouse was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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