Scherer is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Scherer
No. of characters: 7
Origin: United States
Meaning: Alsace or Lorraine name for his shearer, who shaves, ie a barber, or a shearer animals. Alternative: Scheerer.

How popular is Scherer?

Scherer is common in United States.

Scherer is ranked 6949 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Scherer bearers increased by 4.127551 per cent in 2010 US census to 13421 since 2000, the surname slipped by 102 spots and ranked at 2682. The last name was found in around 46 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.13 96.83
Hispanic or Latino 2.24 1.29
Others 1.2 0.83
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.66 0.49
Black 0.42 0.22
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.35 0.35
Scherer is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Germany which signifies that it is originated from Germany. Around 78086 people have been found who wears Scherer as their family name. Scherer is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
4,296 China10
244,758 Ukraine10
497,106 Indonesia8
11,480 Japan4
11,342 Uruguay3
23,165 Romania3
46,068 Philippines3
15,749 Finland3
20,541 Peru3
25,074 Greece3
20,837 Venezuela2
24,766 Scotland2
12,172 Ghana2
1,500,361 India2
20,186 Kenya2
13,552 Qatar2
537 Liechtenstein1
17,575 Kuwait1
7,895 South Korea1
13,606 Senegal1
12,741 Ecuador1
123,175 Tanzania1
24,771 Colombia1
8,181 Botswana1
2,374 Bermuda1
3,275 Nepal1
101,414 Kyrgyzstan1
1,819 Laos1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
13,447 Uganda1
97 Tuvalu1
18,969 Wales1
14,644 Tunisia1
5,553 Taiwan1
15,162 Costa Rica1
1,254 Gibraltar1
31,207 Ireland1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
8,316 Portugal46
62,367 Kazakhstan33
29,383 United Arab Emirates31
9,620 Singapore30
23,443 Norway26
47,377 Czech Republic23
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
7,457 New Zealand97
530 Luxembourg92
28,258 Spain91
20,785 Belgium82
12,704 Sweden73
3,257 Hong Kong71
9,137 Denmark64
17,264 Israel59
172,092 Russia56
Countries with hundreds of Scherer:
5,564 Argentina941
5,670 Canada767
7,637 Mexico681
3,160 Hungary393
16,300 England344
8,637 Australia327
20,596 Poland286
2,362 Paraguay227
40,848 Italy202
16,425 Netherlands168
2,148 Namibia163
35,546 South Africa146
7,193 Chile135
8,562 Slovakia124
Countries with thousands of Scherer:
2,601 France2,866
298 Switzerland2,089
542 Austria1,362
Countries with ten thousands of Scherer:
177 Germany27,503
809 Brazil22,005
2,452 United States16,400
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Peter Scherer worked as laborer and hailed from Italy. 19 years old embarked for USA from London on Holland and arrived on April 19, 1880.

Comments

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Brett Engen
scherer is a German variant scheers, Flemish name designating the cloth shearer, trade name.

Scherer Namesakes

  • Adolf Scherer, Soccer player
  • Stephen Scherer, Olympic athlete
  • Lucy Scherer, Singer
  • Dori Hana Scherer, Art Director
  • Dori Scherer, Michael Scherer's mother
  • Gisele Scherer, Actress
  • Gisele Scherer, Actress
  • Péter Scherer, Film actor
  • Lucy Scherer, Singer
  • Marie-Luise Scherer, Author
  • In 2014 drama movie, The One and Only, Alicia Scherer played N.

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