# Sharon (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/sharon/  
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 | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,385 |
| US rank (2010) | 9,598 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 91,210 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.1% (3,283 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈʃæɹən/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Biblical place name, Hebrew שָׁרוֹן (šārōn, “the Sharon plain”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Sharon 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) | 89% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Sharon in the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Sharon

- William Sharon, American politician (1821–1885)
- Ralph Sharon, British-American jazz pianist

## Similar surnames

Shearin, Sherron, Sharma, Sarno, Sarna, Saran, Serrano, Soriano, Serna, Schramm, Shrum, Schram.

## 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.