Scherer

12,017 people in the United States were counted with the surname Scherer in the 2020 census, making it the 2,928th most common in the country. That is about one person in 24,900.

By the numbers

People: 12,017
Rank: 2,928th
How common: 1 in 24,900
Per 100,000: 4.0

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Scherer described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 92.6%
Hispanic or Latino 2.9%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 2.8%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.8%
Black, not Hispanic 0.6%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.3%

Notable people called Scherer

Odilo Scherer (born 1949)Catholic cardinal
Adolf Scherer (1938–2023)Slovak footballer
Wilhelm Scherer (1841–1886)Austrian linguist and literature historian
Johann Jakob Scherer (1825–1878)member of the Swiss Federal Council
Fernando Scherer (born 1974)Brazilian swimmer
Markus Scherer (born 1962)Olympic medalist in wrestling
Alfredo Scherer (1903–1996)Catholic cardinal
Isabella Scherer (born 1996)Brazilian actress

People named Scherer with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Scherer

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.