How common is the last name Sherman?

66,346 people in the United States have the last name Sherman, about 1 in 4,505. It ranks #493 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

SHERMAN

#493

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
66,346
About
1 in 4,505
This common or more
31.8%
Who bears it

Of the 66,346 people with the last name Sherman, 79.8% reported their origin as White, 11.5% as Black and 3.6% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Sherman

#491 Hampton · 66,633#492 Townsend · 66,493#494 Hammond · 66,318#495 Yu · 66,156

Spelled almost the same

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

#20,495 Sharman · 1,309#21,219 Shireman · 1,258#31,342 Shearman · 792#49,315 Sharmin · 461#77,921 Shurman · 265#80,054 Showerman · 256#141,309 Shorman · 121

Also a first name

As a first name, Sherman ranks #1,724 of 53,615, with 17,698 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1951, with 644 births. See Sherman as a first name

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