How common is the surname Sherrer?

2,250 people in the United States had the surname Sherrer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 137,220 Americans. It ranked 13,497th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Sherrer getting more or less common?

More common. 2,041 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,250 in 2010, up 10%.

The surname Sherrer

A surname, carried by 2,250 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). Sherrer is more common than 91.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,250 people named Sherrer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 137,220 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,041.

#13,497

rank among US surnames

2,250

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+10.2%

change since 2000 (was #13,635)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,491	Hillenbrand	2,252	137,098
#13,494	Porche	2,251	137,159
#13,497	Bellino	2,250	137,220
#13,502	Nehring	2,248	137,342
#13,505	Fewell	2,247	137,403
#13,506	Dekker	2,246	137,465

Who is named Sherrer

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

78% of people named Sherrer identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 78%
Black (not Hispanic) 17%
Two or more races 1.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
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 Sherrer

Sherrer 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 Sherrer?: 2,250 people in the United States had the surname Sherrer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 137,220 Americans. It ranked 13,497th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sherrer?: In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Sherrer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Sherrer getting more or less common?: More common. 2,041 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,250 in 2010, up 10%.