How common is the surname Scheer?

5,719 people in the United States had the surname Scheer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 53,986 Americans. It ranked 6,015th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Scheer?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Scheer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Scheer?

Mary Scheer, American actress, comedian, screenwriter and producer, followed by Paul Scheer.

Where is the surname Scheer most common?

Wikidata records people named Scheer in the United States.

How do you pronounce Scheer?

Scheer is /ʃɪɚ/, one syllable.

Is the surname Scheer getting more or less common?

More common. 5,535 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,719 in 2010, up 3.3%.

The surname Scheer

A German surname, carried by 5,719 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ʃɪɚ/ 1 syllable Soundex S600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Scheer is more common than 96.3% of them.

Origin

German origin

A surname from German.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,719 people named Scheer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 53,986 Americans. That is up 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,535.

#6,015

rank among US surnames

5,719

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

+3.3%

change since 2000 (was #5,735)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,010	Nicholls	5,722	53,958
#6,011	Walston	5,721	53,967
#6,012	Voorhees	5,720	53,976
#6,015	Scheer	5,719	53,986
#6,017	Nabors	5,718	53,995
#6,019	Bayne	5,716	54,014

Who is named Scheer

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

94% of people named Scheer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Scheers

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mary Scheer
American actress, comedian, screenwriter and producer, born 1963
Paul Scheer
American actor, comedian, writer, and producer, born 1976
Desireé Cousteau
American pornographic actress, born 1956

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Scheer

Scheer has the Soundex code S600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S600.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Scheer come from?: Scheer is German in origin.
How common is the surname Scheer?: 5,719 people in the United States had the surname Scheer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 53,986 Americans. It ranked 6,015th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Scheer?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Scheer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Scheer?: Mary Scheer, American actress, comedian, screenwriter and producer, followed by Paul Scheer.
Where is the surname Scheer most common?: Wikidata records people named Scheer in the United States.
How do you pronounce Scheer?: Scheer is /ʃɪɚ/, one syllable.
Is the surname Scheer getting more or less common?: More common. 5,535 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,719 in 2010, up 3.3%.