How common is the surname Sherer?

4,674 people in the United States had the surname Sherer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 66,056 Americans. It ranked 7,157th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Sherer getting more or less common?

More common. 4,539 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,674 in 2010, up 3.0%.

The surname Sherer

A surname, carried by 4,674 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S660

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sherer is more common than 95.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,674 people named Sherer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 66,056 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,539.

#7,157

rank among US surnames

4,674

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+3%

change since 2000 (was #6,829)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,151	Barta	4,678	65,999
#7,153	Bang	4,676	66,028
#7,155	Sain	4,675	66,042
#7,157	Enciso	4,674	66,056
#7,160	Nasser	4,673	66,070
#7,162	Marcial	4,670	66,113

Who is named Sherer

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

90% of people named Sherer identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sherer

Sherer has the Soundex code S660, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S660.

Questions

How common is the surname Sherer?: 4,674 people in the United States had the surname Sherer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 66,056 Americans. It ranked 7,157th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sherer?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Sherer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Sherer getting more or less common?: More common. 4,539 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,674 in 2010, up 3.0%.