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    The surname Sherrod

    A German surname, carried by 8,420 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S630

    Sherrod: #4,207 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Sherrod #4,207, 8,420 people Sherrod: #4,207 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Sherrod #4,207, 8,420 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sherrod is more common than 97.4% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Americanized form of German Schererz.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 8,420 people named Sherrod in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 36,668 Americans. That is up 7.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,859.

    #4,207
    rank among US surnames
    8,420
    people in 2010
    2.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.1%
    change since 2000 (was #4,181)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,199Hylton8,44036,581
    #4,200Begley8,43536,603
    #4,201Macedo8,43336,612
    #4,203Baeza8,43236,616
    #4,204Seidel8,43036,625
    #4,205Snipes8,42836,633
    #4,206Sandlin8,42136,664

    Who is named Sherrod

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

    51% of people named Sherrod identified as Black (not Hispanic), 44% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 51%
    • White (not Hispanic) 44%
    • Two or more races 2.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Sherod

    Surnames that sound like Sherrod

    Sherrod has the Soundex code S630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S630.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Sherrod come from?
    Americanized form of German Schererz.
    How common is the surname Sherrod?
    8,420 people in the United States had the surname Sherrod in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,668 Americans. It ranked 4,207th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Sherrod?
    In the 2010 Census, 51% of people named Sherrod identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 44% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Sherrod getting more or less common?
    More common. 7,859 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,420 in 2010, up 7.1%.
    What are other spellings of Sherrod?
    Sherod.