How common is the surname Scheuer?

1,374 people in the United States had the surname Scheuer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 224,706 Americans. It ranked 19,628th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Scheuer?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Scheuer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Scheuer?

Manfred Scheuer, Austrian theologian and bishop of Linz.

Where is the surname Scheuer most common?

Wikidata records people named Scheuer in Austria.

Is the surname Scheuer getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,391 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,374 in 2010, down 1.2%.

The surname Scheuer

A German surname, carried by 1,374 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Scheuer is more common than 87.9% of them.

Origin

German origin

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

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 1,374 people named Scheuer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 224,706 Americans. That is down 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,391.

#19,628

rank among US surnames

1,374

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-1.2%

change since 2000 (was #18,364)

Who is named Scheuer

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

95% of people named Scheuer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Scheuers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Manfred Scheuer
Austrian theologian and bishop of Linz, born 1955

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Scheuer

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

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Scheuer come from?: From the German surname, from Middle High German schiur (“barn”), from Old High German scura. See modern Scheuer.
How common is the surname Scheuer?: 1,374 people in the United States had the surname Scheuer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 224,706 Americans. It ranked 19,628th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Scheuer?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Scheuer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Scheuer?: Manfred Scheuer, Austrian theologian and bishop of Linz.
Where is the surname Scheuer most common?: Wikidata records people named Scheuer in Austria.
Is the surname Scheuer getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,391 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,374 in 2010, down 1.2%.