How common is the surname Scherer?

13,421 people in the United States had the surname Scherer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,005 Americans. It ranked 2,682nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Scherer?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Scherer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Scherer?

Wilhelm Scherer, Austrian linguist and literature historian (1841–1886), followed by Fernando Scherer.

Where is the surname Scherer most common?

Wikidata records people named Scherer in Brazil and Germany.

Is the surname Scherer getting more or less common?

More common. 12,889 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,421 in 2010, up 4.1%.

The surname Scherer

A surname, carried by 13,421 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S660

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Scherer is more common than 98.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 13,421 people named Scherer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 23,005 Americans. That is up 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,889.

#2,682

rank among US surnames

13,421

people in 2010

4.5

per 100,000 Americans

+4.1%

change since 2000 (was #2,580)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,673	Emmons	13,493	22,882
#2,674	McNulty	13,483	22,899
#2,675	Newberry	13,482	22,901
#2,677	Trinidad	13,474	22,914
#2,678	Dowdy	13,468	22,924
#2,679	Guajardo	13,438	22,976
#2,680	Hook	13,437	22,977

Who is named Scherer

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

95% of people named Scherer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Scherers

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Wilhelm Scherer
Austrian linguist and literature historian (1841–1886)
Fernando Scherer
Brazilian swimmer, born 1974
Isabella Scherer
Brazilian actress, born 1996
Irineu Roque Scherer
Brazilian priest (1950–2016)

Notable Scherers come mostly from Brazil (3) and Germany (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Scherer

Scherer has the Soundex code S660, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S660.

Questions

How common is the surname Scherer?: 13,421 people in the United States had the surname Scherer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,005 Americans. It ranked 2,682nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Scherer?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Scherer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Scherer?: Wilhelm Scherer, Austrian linguist and literature historian (1841–1886), followed by Fernando Scherer.
Where is the surname Scherer most common?: Wikidata records people named Scherer in Brazil and Germany.
Is the surname Scherer getting more or less common?: More common. 12,889 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,421 in 2010, up 4.1%.