How rare is the last name Scherer?

12,017 people in the United States have the last name Scherer, about 1 in 24,873. It ranks #2,928 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

SCHERER

#2,928

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
12,017
About
1 in 24,873
This common or more
52.3%
Who bears it

Of the 12,017 people with the last name Scherer, 92.6% reported their origin as White, 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino and 2.8% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Scherer

#2,926 Barfield · 12,020#2,926 Seaman · 12,020#2,929 Baugh · 12,013#2,930 Farnsworth · 12,012

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Scherer, most common first.

#11,088 Schroer · 2,732#13,685 Schreier · 2,120#14,772 Scherrer · 1,929#21,675 Schrier · 1,226#25,979 Scheurer · 992#28,113 Scheerer · 904#33,503 Schreyer · 732#34,480 Scheirer · 708

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