How common is the surname Sherk?

1,646 people in the United States had the surname Sherk in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 187,573 Americans. It ranked 17,202nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sherk?

In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Sherk identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Who is the most famous person named Sherk?

Sean Sherk, American mixed martial artist.

Where is the surname Sherk most common?

Wikidata records people named Sherk in the United States.

Is the surname Sherk getting more or less common?

More common. 1,061 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,646 in 2010, up 55%.

The surname Sherk

A surname, carried by 1,646 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sherk is more common than 89.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,646 people named Sherk in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 187,573 Americans. That is up 55% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,061.

#17,202

rank among US surnames

1,646

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+55.1%

change since 2000 (was #22,612)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,193	Vancleve	1,647	187,459
#17,202	Entrekin	1,646	187,573

Who is named Sherk

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

90% of people named Sherk identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Asian and Pacific Islander 4.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sherks

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Sean Sherk
American mixed martial artist, born 1973

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sherk

Sherk has the Soundex code S620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S620.

Questions

How common is the surname Sherk?: 1,646 people in the United States had the surname Sherk in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 187,573 Americans. It ranked 17,202nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sherk?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Sherk identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Sherk?: Sean Sherk, American mixed martial artist.
Where is the surname Sherk most common?: Wikidata records people named Sherk in the United States.
Is the surname Sherk getting more or less common?: More common. 1,061 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,646 in 2010, up 55%.