Shih is used as a family name or surname in Taiwan. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Shih
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Taiwan
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Shih

How popular is Shih?

Shih is common in Taiwan.

Shih is ranked 1318 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Shihs grew by 19.98541 per cent to 4935 since 2000 and ranked 6833 after elevating 631 spots. The last name was found in around 17 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 94.1 94.77
Others 3.18 2.77
White 2.15 1.65
Hispanic or Latino 0.3 0.49
Shih is quite popular family name mostly used in China while Taiwan is ahead in terms of density. Around 404775 people have been found who wears Shih as their family name. Shih is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
318,252 Ukraine6
2,028 Vietnam5
122,390 Belarus4
6,779 Nicaragua3
2,720 South Korea3
10,762 Hungary3
17,547 Colombia2
1,151 Brunei2
26,532 Chile2
18,035 Egypt2
19,093 Finland2
14,408 Uruguay2
35,969 Denmark2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
1,005 The Gambia1
38,841 Scotland1
58,885 Poland1
717 Bhutan1
47,891 Norway1
10,958 Bangladesh1
174,544 Czech Republic1
10,190 Bahrain1
37,493 Austria1
1,970 Grenada1
50,549 Georgia1
2,057 Myanmar1
14,644 Tunisia1
9,541 Turkmenistan1
14,373 Jordan1
12,745 Luxembourg1
1,572 Macau1
38,830 Morocco1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
23,434 Burkina Faso1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
5,924 Paraguay1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
43,851 Netherlands44
24,028 United Arab Emirates38
54,131 Spain34
2,544 Costa Rica30
3,873 Thailand24
313,372 Russia23
42,407 Sweden22
3,209 Japan22
324,631 Indonesia17
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
7,287 New Zealand99
19,298 Belgium89
85,668 Italy56
Countries with hundreds of Shih:
5,215 Canada842
43,898 India729
20,126 Brazil636
20,699 Germany504
1,010 Singapore455
7,147 Australia403
19,321 South Africa310
20,021 England263
40,824 France245
40,399 Argentina119
10,773 Switzerland108
27,127 Mexico105
Countries with thousands of Shih:
5,172 United States7,655
6,305 Philippines2,256
217 Hong Kong2,183
1,710 Malaysia1,644
Countries with hundred thousands of Shih:
266 China211,752
28 Taiwan174,006
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Shih Namesakes

  • Abdurrahman Shihab, Quraish Shihab's father
  • Dina Shihabi, Actress
  • Lisa Shihoten, Musical Artist
  • Etsuko Shihomi, Actress
  • Ayman Shihadeh, Author
  • Charlene Shih, Film director
  • Christopher Shihar, Makeup Artist
  • Vanessa Shih, Advocate
  • Dina Shihabi, Actress
  • Chao-Dung Shih, Mathematician
  • In 1973, Chung-Tien Shih portrayed the role of N in action movie Shen long meng hu sha da zei.
  • Hsiao-Yung Shih, from 1998 comedy movie G. Y. Sir, who characterized Lin Wan-Fu.
  • Yi-Chen Shih, from 1980 adventure, fantasy flick Gu guo qi tan, who portrayed N.
  • Ching Shih characterized small character of N in 1958 drama flick Zhen jia mei ren xin.
  • Ying Shih characterized central role of Kuang Shui-Hsien in 1956 romance movie Shui xian.
  • In 1969, Kuan Shih portrayed the role of N in comedy, romance film Gei wo wen yi xia.
  • In 1977, Hsin-Hui Shih portrayed the role of N in action and comedy film Wu jiao wa.
  • Ming Shih, from 1973 action movie Da xu hai, who portrayed N.
  • An Shih characterized the important role of N in 1957 adventure film Yin shen nu xia.

Shih Namesakes

  • Abdurrahman Shihab, Quraish Shihab's father
  • Dina Shihabi, Actress
  • Lisa Shihoten, Musical Artist
  • Etsuko Shihomi, Actress
  • Ayman Shihadeh, Author
  • Charlene Shih, Film director
  • Christopher Shihar, Makeup Artist
  • Vanessa Shih, Advocate
  • Dina Shihabi, Actress
  • Chao-Dung Shih, Mathematician
  • In 1973, Chung-Tien Shih portrayed the role of N in action movie Shen long meng hu sha da zei.
  • Hsiao-Yung Shih, from 1998 comedy movie G. Y. Sir, who characterized Lin Wan-Fu.
  • Yi-Chen Shih, from 1980 adventure, fantasy flick Gu guo qi tan, who portrayed N.
  • Ching Shih characterized small character of N in 1958 drama flick Zhen jia mei ren xin.
  • Ying Shih characterized central role of Kuang Shui-Hsien in 1956 romance movie Shui xian.
  • In 1969, Kuan Shih portrayed the role of N in comedy, romance film Gei wo wen yi xia.
  • In 1977, Hsin-Hui Shih portrayed the role of N in action and comedy film Wu jiao wa.
  • Ming Shih, from 1973 action movie Da xu hai, who portrayed N.
  • An Shih characterized the important role of N in 1957 adventure film Yin shen nu xia.

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