# Scheuer (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/scheuer/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,374 |
| US rank (2010) | 19,628 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 224,706 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.2% (1,391 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From the German surname, from Middle High German schiur (“barn”), from Old High German scura. See modern Scheuer.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Scheuer in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 0.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Scheuer in Austria.

## People named Scheuer

- Manfred Scheuer, Austrian theologian and bishop of Linz

## Similar surnames

Scheer, Schauer, Scher, Schorr, Scherr, Schiro, Schurr, Satcher, Schaar, Schur, Schier, Schor.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.