Shì is a Chinese surname.
It is not among the 400 most common surnames according to a 2013 study.
[1] 釋 is a common surname for Chinese Buddhist monks and nuns.
The practice started with the monk Dao'an (312–385), who advocated that all monks and nuns adopt 釋 as their surname, from the Chinese abbreviation of Gautama Buddha's title, Shijiamounifo (釋迦牟尼佛 "Śākyamuni").