How common is the surname Sharon?

3,385 people in the United States had the surname Sharon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 91,210 Americans. It ranked 9,598th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Sharon?

William Sharon, American politician (1821–1885), followed by Ralph Sharon.

Where is the surname Sharon most common?

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

How do you pronounce Sharon?

Sharon is /ˈʃæɹən/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Sharon getting more or less common?

More common. 3,283 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,385 in 2010, up 3.1%.

Is Sharon also a first name?

Yes. Sharon is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Sharon

A surname, carried by 3,385 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈʃæɹən/ 2 syllables Soundex S650 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sharon is more common than 94.1% of them.

Origin

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

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,385 people named Sharon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 91,210 Americans. That is up 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,283.

#9,598

rank among US surnames

3,385

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+3.1%

change since 2000 (was #9,134)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,593	Costantino	3,388	91,129
#9,594	Hoelscher	3,387	91,156
#9,596	Keever	3,386	91,183
#9,598	Lundeen	3,385	91,210
#9,603	Seaver	3,384	91,237

Who is named Sharon

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

89% of people named Sharon identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sharons

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

William Sharon
American politician (1821–1885)
Ralph Sharon
British-American jazz pianist, 1923–2015

Notable Sharons come mostly from the United States (1) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sharon

Sharon has the Soundex code S650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S650.

Questions

Where does the surname Sharon come from?: Biblical place name, Hebrew שָׁרוֹן (šārōn, “the Sharon plain”).
How common is the surname Sharon?: 3,385 people in the United States had the surname Sharon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 91,210 Americans. It ranked 9,598th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sharon?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Sharon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Sharon?: William Sharon, American politician (1821–1885), followed by Ralph Sharon.
Where is the surname Sharon most common?: Wikidata records people named Sharon in the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
How do you pronounce Sharon?: Sharon is /ˈʃæɹən/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Sharon getting more or less common?: More common. 3,283 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,385 in 2010, up 3.1%.
Is Sharon also a first name?: Yes. Sharon is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.