How common is the surname Sherrill?

13,631 people in the United States had the surname Sherrill in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 22,650 Americans. It ranked 2,640th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Sherrill?

Mikie Sherrill, American politician, naval aviator, and prosecutor (born 1972), followed by Joya Sherrill.

Where is the surname Sherrill most common?

Wikidata records people named Sherrill in the United States.

Is the surname Sherrill getting more or less common?

More common. 13,389 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,631 in 2010, up 1.8%.

Is Sherrill also a first name?

Yes. Sherrill is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Sherrill

A surname, carried by 13,631 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S640 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sherrill is more common than 98.4% of them.

Origin

An English surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 13,631 people named Sherrill in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 22,650 Americans. That is up 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 13,389.

#2,640

rank among US surnames

13,631

people in 2010

4.6

per 100,000 Americans

+1.8%

change since 2000 (was #2,470)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,631	Sarmiento	13,710	22,520
#2,632	Brinkley	13,695	22,544
#2,633	Keener	13,687	22,558
#2,634	Askew	13,683	22,564
#2,635	Storey	13,669	22,587
#2,637	Chastain	13,655	22,610
#2,638	Harp	13,646	22,625

Who is named Sherrill

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

81% of people named Sherrill identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sherrills

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sherrill

Sherrill has the Soundex code S640, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S640.

Questions

How common is the surname Sherrill?: 13,631 people in the United States had the surname Sherrill in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 22,650 Americans. It ranked 2,640th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sherrill?: In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Sherrill identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Sherrill?: Mikie Sherrill, American politician, naval aviator, and prosecutor (born 1972), followed by Joya Sherrill.
Where is the surname Sherrill most common?: Wikidata records people named Sherrill in the United States.
Is the surname Sherrill getting more or less common?: More common. 13,389 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,631 in 2010, up 1.8%.
Is Sherrill also a first name?: Yes. Sherrill is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.