How common is the surname Sherwin?

3,296 people in the United States had the surname Sherwin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 93,673 Americans. It ranked 9,821st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sherwin?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Sherwin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Sherwin?

Martin J. Sherwin, American historian (1937-2021).

Where is the surname Sherwin most common?

Wikidata records people named Sherwin in the United States.

Is the surname Sherwin getting more or less common?

More common. 3,122 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,296 in 2010, up 5.6%.

The surname Sherwin

An English nickname surname, carried by 3,296 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S650

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sherwin is more common than 93.9% of them.

Origin

English origin

Perhaps a nickname for a swift runner, from Middle English scheren (“to cut, slash, slice”) + wynd (“wind”).

Sherwin is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,296 people named Sherwin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 93,673 Americans. That is up 5.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,122.

#9,821

rank among US surnames

3,296

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+5.6%

change since 2000 (was #9,555)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,813	Starke	3,299	93,588
#9,818	Dieter	3,298	93,616
#9,821	Moline	3,296	93,673
#9,827	Polston	3,295	93,701
#9,830	Eisner	3,294	93,730

Who is named Sherwin

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

96% of people named Sherwin identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sherwins

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Martin J. Sherwin
American historian (1937-2021)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Sherwen
Sherwyn

Surnames that sound like Sherwin

Sherwin has the Soundex code S650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S650.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Sherwin come from?: Perhaps a nickname for a swift runner, from Middle English scheren (“to cut, slash, slice”) + wynd (“wind”).
How common is the surname Sherwin?: 3,296 people in the United States had the surname Sherwin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 93,673 Americans. It ranked 9,821st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sherwin?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Sherwin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Sherwin?: Martin J. Sherwin, American historian (1937-2021).
Where is the surname Sherwin most common?: Wikidata records people named Sherwin in the United States.
What type of surname is Sherwin?: Sherwin is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
Is the surname Sherwin getting more or less common?: More common. 3,122 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,296 in 2010, up 5.6%.
What are other spellings of Sherwin?: Sherwen and Sherwyn.