How common is the surname Scherr?

2,609 people in the United States had the surname Scherr in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 118,339 Americans. It ranked 11,971st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Scherr?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Scherr identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Scherr?

Braun Strowman, American professional wrestler and strongman.

Where is the surname Scherr most common?

Wikidata records people named Scherr in the United States.

Is the surname Scherr getting more or less common?

More common. 2,305 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,609 in 2010, up 13%.

The surname Scherr

A surname, carried by 2,609 people in the United States.

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). Scherr is more common than 92.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,609 people named Scherr in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 118,339 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,305.

#11,971

rank among US surnames

2,609

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+13.2%

change since 2000 (was #12,360)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,965	Germann	2,612	118,203
#11,968	Holtzclaw	2,611	118,248
#11,970	Tadeo	2,610	118,293
#11,971	Goodrum	2,609	118,339
#11,977	Fleshman	2,608	118,384

Who is named Scherr

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

96% of people named Scherr identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.3%
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.

Famous Scherrs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Braun Strowman
American professional wrestler and strongman, born 1983

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Scherr

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

Questions

How common is the surname Scherr?: 2,609 people in the United States had the surname Scherr in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 118,339 Americans. It ranked 11,971st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Scherr?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Scherr identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Scherr?: Braun Strowman, American professional wrestler and strongman.
Where is the surname Scherr most common?: Wikidata records people named Scherr in the United States.
Is the surname Scherr getting more or less common?: More common. 2,305 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,609 in 2010, up 13%.