How common is the surname Sheriff?

4,657 people in the United States had the surname Sheriff in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 66,297 Americans. It ranked 7,180th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Sheriff getting more or less common?

More common. 3,944 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,657 in 2010, up 18%.

The surname Sheriff

An occupational surname, carried by 4,657 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S610

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

Origin

From sheriff.

Sheriff is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,657 people named Sheriff in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 66,297 Americans. That is up 18% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,944.

#7,180

rank among US surnames

4,657

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+18.1%

change since 2000 (was #7,769)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,174	Rude	4,661	66,240
#7,177	Valero	4,660	66,254
#7,179	Schutt	4,658	66,283
#7,180	Sheriff	4,657	66,297
#7,181	Hazelton	4,656	66,311

Who is named Sheriff

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

61% of people named Sheriff identified as white (not Hispanic), 30% as Black (not Hispanic) and 5.7% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 61%
Black (not Hispanic) 30%
Asian and Pacific Islander 5.7%
Two or more races 2.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sheriff

Sheriff has the Soundex code S610, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S610.

Questions

Where does the surname Sheriff come from?: From sheriff.
How common is the surname Sheriff?: 4,657 people in the United States had the surname Sheriff in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 66,297 Americans. It ranked 7,180th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sheriff?: In the 2010 Census, 61% of people named Sheriff identified as white (not Hispanic), and 30% as Black (not Hispanic).
What type of surname is Sheriff?: Sheriff is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Sheriff getting more or less common?: More common. 3,944 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,657 in 2010, up 18%.