How common is the surname Sher?

2,687 people in the United States had the surname Sher in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 114,903 Americans. It ranked 11,669th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sher?

In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Sher identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Who is the most famous person named Sher?

Eden Sher, American actress (born 1991), followed by Antony Sher.

Where is the surname Sher most common?

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

Is the surname Sher getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,267 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,687 in 2010, down 18%.

The surname Sher

A surname, carried by 2,687 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sher is more common than 92.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,687 people named Sher in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 114,903 Americans. That is down 18% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,267.

#11,669

rank among US surnames

2,687

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

-17.8%

change since 2000 (was #9,180)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,663	Slover	2,688	114,861
#11,669	Sher	2,687	114,903
#11,672	Luongo	2,686	114,946
#11,675	Guin	2,685	114,989

Who is named Sher

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

84% of people named Sher identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 84%
Asian and Pacific Islander 13%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
Two or more races 1.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Shers

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Eden Sher
American actress (born 1991)
Antony Sher
British actor, writer and theatre director (1949–2021)
Lawrence Sher
American cinematographer and film director (born 1970)
Stacey Sher
American film producer, born 1962

Notable Shers come mostly from the United States (3) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sher

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

Questions

How common is the surname Sher?: 2,687 people in the United States had the surname Sher in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 114,903 Americans. It ranked 11,669th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sher?: In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Sher identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Sher?: Eden Sher, American actress (born 1991), followed by Antony Sher.
Where is the surname Sher most common?: Wikidata records people named Sher in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Sher getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,267 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,687 in 2010, down 18%.