How common is the last name Shearer?

17,031 people in the United States have the last name Shearer, about 1 in 17,550. It ranks #2,070 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

SHEARER

#2,070

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
17,031
About
1 in 17,550
This common or more
48.2%
Who bears it

Of the 17,031 people with the last name Shearer, 89% reported their origin as White, 3.5% as Black and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Shearer

#2,068 Frias · 17,048#2,069 Kiser · 17,047#2,071 Fagan · 17,025#2,072 Lackey · 17,019

Spelled almost the same

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

#7,433 Sherer · 4,321#15,020 Sherrer · 1,888#18,488 Sharer · 1,478#34,555 Sharrer · 706#35,964 Shirer · 671#49,659 Sharar · 457#58,949 Sheerer · 371#90,184 Shearrer · 220

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