# Sherrill (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/sherrill/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

An English surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 13,631 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,640 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 22,650 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.8% (13,389 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Sherrill in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 81% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 12% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Sherrill in the United States.

## People named Sherrill

- Mikie Sherrill, American politician, naval aviator, and prosecutor (born 1972)
- Joya Sherrill, American musician (1924-2010)
- Billy Sherrill, American record producer and arranger (1936–2015)

## Similar surnames

Shirley, Sherrell, Sorrell, Searle, Suriel, Schroll.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.