# Shearer (surname)

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

An English surname originating as an occupation for a shearer.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 17,707 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,033 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 17,436 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.9% (17,545 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Shira |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Shearer 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) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Shearer in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Shearer

- Harry Shearer, American actor (born 1943)
- Moira Shearer, British ballerina and actress (1926–2006)
- Al Shearer, American actor

## Similar surnames

Sherer, Sherrer, Sharer, Scherer, Shroyer, Schroer, Scherrer, Schreier, Scheerer, Schrier, Schroyer, Sarwar.

## 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.