The United States Census Bureau provides us with insights into the popularity of the surname Sharlow. The census is conducted every ten years, as mandated by the Constitution. One of the objectives of this research is to reapportion the number of seats each state has in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Although the last census was conducted in 2020, it can take several years to make the information available to the public. For this reason, the most recent data available for the surname Sharlow comes from the 2000 and 2010 census.
One data set released by the Census Bureau has to do with the popularity of surnames. The data reveals the last name Sharlow was the 24,857th most popular last name in 2000 and the 31,906th most popular last name in 2010. If your last name is Sharlow, you probably don’t run into too many people with that last name unless they are a close family member. In fact, there were only 940 people with that last name in the United States back in 2000 and the number dropped to 723 by 2010.
The census also gives us insights into the race of people with this surname. This chart tells us around 80% of the people with the surname Sharlow identify as white (non-Hispanic). Roughly 8% of Sharlows in the United States identify as American Indian / Alaskan Native, while closer to 7% are Black. Finally, around 4% of the population in 2010 were of two or more races, while just under 2% identified as Hispanic in 2000.