How common is the surname Scherrer?

3,112 people in the United States had the surname Scherrer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 99,211 Americans. It ranked 10,352nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Scherrer?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Scherrer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Scherrer?

Eduard Scherrer, bobsledder (1890-1972).

Where is the surname Scherrer most common?

Wikidata records people named Scherrer in Switzerland.

Is the surname Scherrer getting more or less common?

More common. 2,082 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,112 in 2010, up 50%.

The surname Scherrer

A surname, carried by 3,112 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). Scherrer is more common than 93.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,112 people named Scherrer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 99,211 Americans. That is up 50% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,082.

#10,352

rank among US surnames

3,112

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+49.5%

change since 2000 (was #13,415)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,346	Truelove	3,114	99,148
#10,348	Küng	3,113	99,179
#10,352	Sias	3,112	99,211
#10,358	Peirce	3,111	99,243

Who is named Scherrer

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

95% of people named Scherrer identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 1.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Scherrers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Eduard Scherrer
Bobsledder (1890-1972)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Scherrer

Scherrer 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 Scherrer?: 3,112 people in the United States had the surname Scherrer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 99,211 Americans. It ranked 10,352nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Scherrer?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Scherrer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Scherrer?: Eduard Scherrer, bobsledder (1890-1972).
Where is the surname Scherrer most common?: Wikidata records people named Scherrer in Switzerland.
Is the surname Scherrer getting more or less common?: More common. 2,082 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,112 in 2010, up 50%.