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    The surname Scherf

    A German place surname, carried by 885 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S610

    Scherf: #27,303 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Scherf #27,303, 885 people Scherf: #27,303 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Scherf #27,303, 885 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Scherf is more common than 83.2% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    From the German surname, reflecting multiple origins: * Middle Low German and Middle High German scherf, a kind of coin, used as a nickname for poor people, from Old High German scerf, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skrapōną (“to scratch”). * From scharf, scharpf, scherf (“eager, rough”) * Habitational surname from Scherfede in Warburg

    Scherf is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    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 885 people named Scherf in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 348,865 Americans. That is down 5.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 935.

    #27,303
    rank among US surnames
    885
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    -5.3%
    change since 2000 (was #24,949)

    Who is named Scherf

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

    96% of people named Scherf identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Scherf

    Scherf has the Soundex code S610, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S610.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Scherf come from?
    From the German surname, reflecting multiple origins: * Middle Low German and Middle High German scherf, a kind of coin, used as a nickname for poor people, from Old High German scerf, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skrapōną (“to scratch”). * From scharf, scharpf, scherf (“eager, rough”) *…
    How common is the surname Scherf?
    885 people in the United States had the surname Scherf in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 348,865 Americans. It ranked 27,303rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Scherf?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Scherf identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Scherf?
    Scherf is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Scherf getting more or less common?
    Less common. 935 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 885 in 2010, down 5.3%.